Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CROOKED-HEART, by JAMES STEPHENS


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First Line: I loosed an arrow from my bow
Last Line: Does not know an arrow fell!
Subject(s): Hate


I loosed an arrow from my bow
At the world that swung below;
Thinking -- This will surely dart,
Guided by my guiding fate,
Into the malignant heart
Of the person whom I hate!

So, by hatred feathered well,
Swift the flashing arrow fell!
And I watched it from above
Disappear;
Cleaving sheer
Through the only heart I love!

Such the guard my angels keep!
But my foe is guarded well!
I have slain my love, and weep
Tears of blood! While he, asleep,
Does not know an arrow fell!





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