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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BALLAD TO THE TUNE OF 'FRANCKLIN'S IS FLED AWAY', by PATRICK CAREY Poet's Biography First Line: Alas! Long since I knew Last Line: Look on my grief. Subject(s): Love – Complaints | |||
I ALAS! long since I knew What would betide; My hopes ne'er yet spoke true, My fears ne'er lied: False tales to please my heart, Those tell; those bring me smart, But still the truth th' impart, Ne'er flatt'ring me. II Yet I was apt to hear Good news though made; And still would chide my fear, When it gainsaid; This made me entertain Thoughts which now prove most vain, Believing what so fain I'd have had true. III I fancied that thy mind Was fix'd on me; But ('las!) my love I find Contemn'd by thee: 'Cause I'd not fear before (Fond man!) I must therefore Despair now evermore; Sad is my chance. IV But since thy kindness had Part in my fault, I know thou wilt be sad To see me caught; And, if thou'lt not allow Thy love, the next best now Is, that with pity thou Look on my grief. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TRIESTE - CIAO TO ITALY by SANDRA CISNEROS NAMING PARTS by CAROL ANN DUFFY UNHAPPY LOVE POEM by EDWARD HIRSCH LOVE IS HIS NEMESIS: IT FOLLOWS HIM INTO SLEEP by DAVID IGNATOW |
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