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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHLOE AND MYRA, by SOPHIA (RAYMOND) BURRELL Poet's Biography First Line: Chloe is elegant and pretty Last Line: Ladies! -- to marry neither! Alternate Author Name(s): Clay, Mrs. William | |||
Chloe is elegant and pretty, But silly and affected; Myra is sensible and witty, And by the wise respected. When pretty Chloe I behold, I think myself her lover; But ere I have my passion told, Her failings I discover. When Myra talks, I'm pleased to hear, And venerate her mind: But in her face no charms appear, My wavering heart to bind. Blindfold I should to Myra run, And swear to love her ever; Yet when the bandage was undone, Should only think her clever. With the full usage of my eyes, I Chloe should decide for; But when she talks, I her despise, Whom, dumb, I could have died for! My ear or eye must tortur'd be If I make choice of either; 'T is therefore best I should agree -- Ladies! -- to marry neither! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SCHOOL FOR SATIRE by SOPHIA (RAYMOND) BURRELL TO EMMA by SOPHIA (RAYMOND) BURRELL TO J. D. H. (KILLED AT SURREY C. H., OCTOBER, 1866) by SIDNEY LANIER SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: AMOS SIBLEY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS HATCHING; FOR DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI by KAREN SWENSON STANZAS TO A LADY, WITH THE POEMS OF CAMOENS by GEORGE GORDON BYRON LOVE TO THE CHURCH by TIMOTHY DWIGHT THE LAY OF THE LABOURER by THOMAS HOOD A PAINTED FAN by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON RING FROM THE RIM OF THE GLASS, BOYS by JOHN CLINTON ANTHONY |
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