Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LOVE AND POETRY; A FABLE, by JOHN GODFREY SAXE


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LOVE AND POETRY; A FABLE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: To psyche, when her maiden heart
Last Line: Love is the soul of poesy!
Subject(s): Love; Poetry & Poets


I.

To Psyche, when her maiden heart
Was fancy-free, the Muses went
To teach her the poetic art;
But all in vain their kind intent;
She answered, she did not desire
To meddle with poetic fire!

II.

But Cupid came, and won the maid
(Psyche -- "the soul" of all things good);
Her husband's teaching she obeyed,
And caught from him the lyric mood;
And ever since -- as all agree --
Love is the soul of Poesy!





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