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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EXCEPTION, by ELAINE V. EMANS First Line: Look cautiously and far ahead' Last Line: And wretched, simultaneously! Subject(s): Love | |||
"Look cautiously and far ahead Before you give your heart away, And be not hasty," O I said, -- And always I have paused to weigh The consequences when I read The signs of love, till yesterday. But yesterday I swear I had No time to think how it would be To love a serious dark-haired lad Before he took the heart of me, And left me weak and wildly glad And wretched, simultaneously! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD ALL YOU HAVE LOVED by ELAINE V. EMANS |
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