Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GERALDINE'S CLOAK, by JAMES STEPHENS Poet's Biography First Line: I will not heed the message that you bring! Last Line: Nor treat a poet less than daintily! Subject(s): Gifts & Giving | ||||||||
I will not heed the message that you bring! That loveliest lady gave her cloak to me; And who'd believe she'd give away a thing And ask it back again! -- 'Tis lunacy! She knew that leaving her must make me grieve; And for my going she had tender eyes! ...If some sweet angel sang it me, believe I'd not believe that angel knew the skies! The lovely Geraldine knows that the sting Of want and woe is thrust deep into me: I don't believe she'd do this kind of thing; Nor treat a poet less than daintily! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE GIVEAWAY by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY A VALENTINE FOR ERNEST MANN by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE SO IT'S TODAY by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR EVERYBODY KNOWS by DAVID IGNATOW ON VIOLET'S WAFERS, SENT ME WHEN I WAS ILL by SIDNEY LANIER TO MY CLASS: ON CERTAIN FRUITS AND FLOWERS SENT ... SICKNESS by SIDNEY LANIER THE GIFT; FOR MY DAUGHTER by GREGORY ORR |
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