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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE VAIN ADVICE, by CATHERINE TROTTER COCKBURN First Line: Ah, gaze not on those eyes! Forbear Last Line: Is too far lost to have the power to fly. | |||
Ah, gaze not on those eyes! forbear That soft enchanting voice to hear: Not looks of basilisks give surer death Nor Syrens sing with more destructive breath. Fly, if thy freedom thou'dst maintain: Alas! I feel the advice is vain! A heart whose safety but in flight does lie, Is too far lost to have the power to fly. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DISCORDANTS: 1 by CONRAD AIKEN A CRADLE SONG, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE THE STIRRUP-CUP by JOHN MILTON HAY THE CASTLE BY THE SEA by JOHANN LUDWIG UHLAND PENTUCKET [AUGUST 29, 1708] by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER |
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