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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DAN, by MABEL HAUGHTON COLLYER First Line: This toast is to a liar who Last Line: Had cupid told the truth! Subject(s): Cupid; Duplicity; Eros; Deceit | |||
This toast is to a liar who Enchants us when he lies, Whose frank deceit is always sweet As breath of summer skies. The lies he tells ring wedding bells That might not ring, perchance. He jilts each one whose heart he's won; But never jilts Romance. Dan Cupid is the god of bliss Whose fiction is so gay. He springs his lies with quick surprise, And Reason flits away. He rides supreme through every scheme That sober minds may plan; But no one dares -- or really cares -- To interfere with Dan. We'd rather not disturb a plot That Cupid deigns to make -- We'd rather keep our wits asleep, For everybody's sake. We would not try -- not you nor I -- To set him right, in sooth; For we, my dear, might not be here, Had Cupid told the truth! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOW TO KNOW LOVE FROM DECEIT by WILLIAM BLAKE TO FINE LADY WOULD-BE by BEN JONSON THE LOVE OF DECEIT by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE LINES WRITTEN IN ROUSSEAU'S LETTERS OF AN ITALIAN NUN. by GEORGE GORDON BYRON TALE: 9. ARABELLA by GEORGE CRABBE TO CASTARA, OF TRUE DELIGHT by WILLIAM HABINGTON OJISTOH by EMILY PAULINE JOHNSON THE DECEIT by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP IN AND OUT OF SEASON by MABEL HAUGHTON COLLYER |
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