Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RIVALS, by MARJORY SMITH First Line: Oh, well, I know you think you love but me Last Line: But oh, my dear, if you should know the sea! Subject(s): Fidelity; Faithfulness; Constancy | ||||||||
Oh, well, I know you think you love but me And hold your vow of faithfulness is true; But I am woman-wise, and I can see What rival I may fear in mist and who Of Spring's loose daughters with their mouths of musk Are dangerous. Last night I saw you far Up on the lonely hillside wooing dusk And holding dubious traffic with a star.... There is that witch-tree in the wood -- oh, yes, I heard her whispering all the afternoon ... And I have seen the furtive wind's caress, And your face hid in long hair of the moon ... Oh, well, I know you think you love but me -- But oh, my dear, if you should know the sea! | Other Poems of Interest...A PRAYER FOR THE FUTURE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) ARGUING BARTUSIAK by ALBERT GOLDBARTH THE VISIONARY by EMILY JANE BRONTE THE PROTESTATION by THOMAS CAREW A VALEDICTION: OF MY NAME IN THE WINDOW by JOHN DONNE ELEGY: 11. THE BRACELET; UPON THE LOSS OF HIS MISTRESS'S CHAIN by JOHN DONNE WOMAN'S CONSTANCY by JOHN DONNE NON SUM QUALIS ERAM BONAE SUB REGNO CYNARAE by ERNEST CHRISTOPHER DOWSON A PRAYER TO THE WIND by THOMAS CAREW HYMN TO MONT BLANC [IN THE VALE OF CHAMOUNI] by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |
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