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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FAVORED, by PHOEBE CARY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Upon her cheek such color glows Last Line: And she could be my comforter! Subject(s): Cheeks | |||
UPON her cheek such color glows, And in her eye such light appears, As comes, and only comes to those, Whose hearts are all untouched by years. Yet half her wealth she doth not see, Nor half the kindness Heaven hath shown, She never felt the poverty Of souls less favored than her own. When all is hers that life can give, How can she tell how drear it seems To those, uncomforted, who live In dreaming of their vanished dreams. Supplied beyond her greatest need With lavish hoard of love and trust, How shall she pity such as feed On hearts that years have turned to dust? When sighs are smothered down, and lost In tenderest kisses ere they start, What knows she of the bitter cost Of hiding sorrow in the heart? While fondest care each wish supplies, And heart-strings for her frowning break, What can she know of one who dies For love she scarcely deigns to take? What should she know? No weak complaint, No cry of pain should come to her, If mine were all the woes I paint, And she could be my comforter! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UPON MISTRESSE SUSANNA SOUTHWELL, HER CHEEKS by ROBERT HERRICK A CRITICAL MOMENT by MATTHEW PRIOR A LEGEND OF THE NORTHLAND by PHOEBE CARY DOROTHY'S DOWER by PHOEBE CARY OUR GOOD PRESIDENT by PHOEBE CARY THADDEUS STEVENS by PHOEBE CARY THE DAY IS DONE by PHOEBE CARY |
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