Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LOVE, by FREDERIC FAIRCHILD SHERMAN


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LOVE, by                    
First Line: Scorned, spurned and scoffed, I am content to stand
Last Line: Unto the courage of immortal youth!
Subject(s): Love


Scorned, spurned and scoffed, I am content to stand
Within the shadow of your heart and wait,
As though a beggar at its iron gate,
To ask one word of you who have command:
And it may be ere dusk the restless band
That hunt you with the keen-edged swords of hate
Will find your hidden refuge, but the fate
That enters it must first with me try hand.

The wanderer who hovers there to win
A smile from you will let no Evil in.
His only weapon is the steel of truth,
A single sword to keep the world away, --
But many are the foes have fallen prey
Unto the courage of immortal youth!





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