Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY DEARLING, by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My dearling! - thus, in days long fled Last Line: The hapless fate of anne boleyn! Alternate Author Name(s): Percy, Florence; Chase, Elizabeth Anne Subject(s): Boleyn, Anne (1507-1536) | ||||||||
MY Dearling! -- thus, in days long fled, In spite of creed and court and queen, King Henry wrote to Anne Boleyn, -- The dearest pet name ever said, And dearly purchased, too, I ween! Poor child! she played a losing game: She won a hart, -- so Henry said, -- But, ah, the price she gave instead! Men's hearts, at best, are but a name: She paid for Henry's with her head! You count men's hearts as something worth? Not I: were I a maid unwed, I'd rather have my own fair head Than all the lovers on the earth, Than all the hearts that ever bled! "My Dearling!" with a love most true, Having no fear of creed or queen, I breathe that name my prayers between; But it shall never bring to you The hapless fate of Anne Boleyn! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ANNA BOLEYN by LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY THE AIR REGISTER by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER ANNE BOLEYN by BARBARA BINGLEY LITTLE FEET by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN ROCK ME TO SLEEP by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN SEA-BIRDS by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN ENDURANCE by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN FESSEDEN'S GARDEN by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN |
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