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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TEMPER, by ANONYMOUS First Line: When I have lost my temper I have lost my reason too Last Line: "I have learned by sad experience that when my temper flies / I never do a worthy thing, a decent de | |||
When I have lost my temper I have lost my reason, too. I'm never proud of anything which angrily I do. When I have talked in anger and my cheeks were flaming red, I have always uttered something which I wish I hadn't said. In anger I have never done a kindly deed or wise, But many things for which I felt I should apologize. In looking back across my life, and all I've lost or made, I can't recall a single time when fury ever paid. So I struggle to be patient, for I've reached a wiser age; I do not want to do a thing or speak a word in rage. I have learned by sad experience that when my temper flies I never do a worthy thing, a decent deed or wise. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest..."'TIS MIDNIGHT, AND THE SETTING SUN" by ANONYMOUS "'TWAS ROLLOG, AND THE MINIM POTES" by ANONYMOUS 1648 : FOR COSSACKS by ANONYMOUS A CHERRY YEAR / A MERRY YEAR by ANONYMOUS A COMET FROM THE RHYMERS' CLUB AFAR by ANONYMOUS "A FOX, A FOX, UP GALLANTS TO THE FIELDS" by ANONYMOUS A HORSE AND A FLEA AND THREE BLIND MICE by ANONYMOUS "A LAIRD, A LORD / A COOPER, A THIEF" by ANONYMOUS A LITTLE COCK SPARROW SAT ON A GREEN TREE by ANONYMOUS |
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