Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VIOLET: 3. DECLARATION, by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Child, I will give you rings to wear Last Line: Because I have no heart to give you. Subject(s): Gifts & Giving; Love - Complaints | ||||||||
Child, I will give you rings to wear, And, if you love them, dainty dresses, Flowers for your bosom and your hair, And, if you love them, fond caresses; And I will give you of my days, And I will leave, when you require it, My dreams, my books, my wonted ways, Content if only you desire it. Take for your own my life, my art, And for your love's sake I forgive you; I only ask you for your heart, Because I have no heart to give you. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TALKING RICHARD WILSON BLUES, BY RICHARD CLAY WILSON by DENIS JOHNSON THE BRIDGE by ALEXANDER ANDERSON THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD MISGIVINGS by WILLIAM MATTHEWS THROUGH AGONY: 1 by CLAUDE MCKAY HEMATITE HEIRLOOM LIVES ON (MAYBE DECEMBER 1980) by ALICE NOTLEY QUICK AND BITTER by YEHUDA AMICHAI NERVES by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS |
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