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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 26. PLATONIC LOVE, by PHILIP AYRES Poet's Biography First Line: Dull fools that will begin a formal siege Last Line: When 'tis but 'knock at gate and enter in.' Subject(s): Love | |||
DULL fools that will begin a formal siege, Intrench, attack, yet never wish to win, And vainly thus to linger out your age When 'tis but 'knock at gate and enter in.' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD ON A FAIR BEGGAR by PHILIP AYRES |
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