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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CROSSROADS, by ROYALL HENDERSON SNOW
First Line: I thought then of cophetua, the king
Last Line: But lacked the wisdom to be brave.
Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Kindness; Love
First Line: I thought then of cophetua, the king
Last Line: But lacked the wisdom to be brave.
Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Kindness; Love
I THOUGHT then of Cophetua, the king,
Who by a girl's singing and clear eyes
Was moved to wed his power to her spring,
And so was wise.
And of myself, who saw the gypsies take the road
And wondered what my study gave
To match the carelessness those vagrants showed —
But lacked the wisdom to be brave.
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