AND I have felt a pity surge for Eve Who knew alone the first delights of love. Sought she some silver pool and leaned above Its crystal mirror, dreaming? Did she leave A kiss within its keeping? Must she weave A fragile web of fancy when the moon Had lit its new gold lantern? Was it June In Eden's garden? How could she believe In love and lovers who had never known The heritage of olden lover's days? Who had not wept with Dido left alone By blue Aegean waters? felt the blaze Of Juliet's sweet passion? Much she missed Who kept with Adam that first lover's tryst! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...REGARDING CHAINSAWS by HAYDEN CARRUTH RECOMPENSE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON RHYTHM by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE PLACE OF PEACE by EDWIN MARKHAM SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: GODWIN JAMES by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |