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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BLACKBERRIES, SELS., by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM Poet's Biography First Line: Dear friend, so much admired, so oft desired Last Line: His fame was rescued by a single plank Alternate Author Name(s): Pollex, D.; Walker, Patricius Subject(s): Debates; Desire; Fame; Friendship; Revolutions | |||
DEAR Friend, so much admired, so oft desired, 'Tis true that now I wish to be away. You are not tiresome, no! but I am tired. Allow to servant brain and nerves full play In their electric function, yea and nay; Faith and affection do not shift their ground, Howe'er the vital currents ebb and flow; To feel most free because most firmly bound Is Friendship's privilege: so now I go To rest awhile the mystic nerves and brain, To walk apart, -and long for you again. I'LL make it part of my life's plan To quarrel with no honest man; And for no earthly bribe pretend To take the other sort for friend. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CLOUDS OF MAGELLAN (APHORISMS OF MR. CANON ASPIRIN) by NORMAN DUBIE WE WHO WERE EXECUTED by FAIZ AHMED FAIZ A SEMI-REVOLUTION by ROBERT FROST L,ENVOI: IN OUR TIME by ERNEST HEMINGWAY FROM THE PARIS COMMUNE TO THE KRONSTADT REBELLION by KENNETH REXROTH HATCHING; FOR DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI by KAREN SWENSON TABLEAUX VIVANTS; NAPLES, 1790 by ELAINE TERRANOVA |
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