Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HEART AND THE LIVER; MUSINGS OF A DYSEPTIC, by JOHN GODFREY SAXE Poet's Biography First Line: She's broken-hearted, I have heard Last Line: And kindly spares the liver! Subject(s): Hearts; Liver | ||||||||
I. SHE's broken-hearted, I have heard, -- Whate'er may be the reason (Such things will happen now and then In Love's tempestuous season); But still I marvel she should show No plainer outward token, If such a vital inward part Were very badly broken! II. She's broken-hearted, I am told, And so, of course, believe it; When truth is fairly certified I modestly receive it; But after such an accident, It surely is a blessing, It does n't in the least impair Her brilliant style of dressing! III. She's broken-hearted: who can doubt The noisy voice of Rumor? And yet she seems -- for such a wreck -- In no unhappy humor; She sleeps (I hear) at proper hours, When other folks are dozy; Her eyes are sparkling as of yore, And still her cheeks are rosy! IV. She's broken-hearted, and they say She never can recover; And then -- in not the mildest way -- They blame some fickle lover; I know she's dying -- by degrees -- But, sure as I'm a sinner, I saw her eat, the other day, A most prodigious dinner! V. Alas! that I, in idle rhyme, Should e'er profanely question (As I have done while musing o'er My chronic indigestion) If one should not receive the blow With blessings on the Giver, That only falls upon the heart, And kindly spares the LIVER! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DEATH AND CUPID; AN ALLEGORY by JOHN GODFREY SAXE EARLY RISING by JOHN GODFREY SAXE HOW CYRUS LAID THE CABLE [JULY 29, 1866] by JOHN GODFREY SAXE LITTLE JERRY, THE MILLER by JOHN GODFREY SAXE MY FAMILIAR by JOHN GODFREY SAXE RAILROAD RHYME by JOHN GODFREY SAXE SONNET TO A CLAM by JOHN GODFREY SAXE THE BLIND MEN AND THE ELEPHANT by JOHN GODFREY SAXE |
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