(Written in a copy of "La Vita Nuova". For M. C. S.) If you were Lady Beatrice And I the Florentine, I'd never waste my time like this -- If you were Lady Beatrice I'd woo and then demand a kiss, Nor weep like Dante here, I ween, If you were Lady Beatrice And I the Florentine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CONTRA MORTEM: THE WOMAN by HAYDEN CARRUTH STORIES ARE MADE OF MISTAKES by JAMES GALVIN BONDAGE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON IMPELLED by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON MARTHA WASHINGTON by SIDNEY LANIER THE FRUIT GARDEN PATH by AMY LOWELL |