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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG, by JOHN HUGHES (1677-1720) Poet's Biography First Line: Would you gain the tender creature Last Line: Listless charms without the heart. Subject(s): Love - Complaints | |||
WOULD you gain the tender creature, Softly -- gently -- kindly -- treat her! Suffering is the lover's part: Beauty by constraint possessing, You enjoy but half the blessing, Listless charms without the heart. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TALKING RICHARD WILSON BLUES, BY RICHARD CLAY WILSON by DENIS JOHNSON THE BRIDGE by ALEXANDER ANDERSON THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD MISGIVINGS by WILLIAM MATTHEWS THROUGH AGONY: 1 by CLAUDE MCKAY HEMATITE HEIRLOOM LIVES ON (MAYBE DECEMBER 1980) by ALICE NOTLEY QUICK AND BITTER by YEHUDA AMICHAI A WISH - TO THE NEW YEAR, 1705 by JOHN HUGHES (1677-1720) |
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