Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Not long ago I fell in love Last Line: And she'll be three weeks old on sunday! Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway Subject(s): Babies; Fathers & Daughters; Infants | ||||||||
NOT long ago I fell in love, But unreturned is my affection -- The girl that I'm enamored of Pays little heed in my direction. I thought I knew her fairly well: In fact, I'd had my arm around her; And so it's hard to have to tell How unresponsive I have found her. For, though she is not frankly rude, Her manners quite the wrong way rub me: It seems to me ingratitude To let me love her -- and then snub me! Though I'm considerate and fond, She shows no gladness when she spies me -- She gazes off somewhere beyond And doesn't even recognize me. Her eyes, so candid, calm and blue, Seem asking if I can support her In the style appropriate to A lady like her father's daughter. Well, if I can't then no one can -- And let me add that I intend to: She'll never know another man So fit for her to be a friend to. Not love me, eh? She better had! By Jove, I'll make her love me one day; For, don't you see, I am her Dad, And she'll be three weeks old on Sunday! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A POET TO HIS BABY SON by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON BABYHOOD by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN INFANCY by EDMUND JOHN ARMSTRONG BALLAD OF THE LAYETTE by WAYNE KOESTENBAUM A TOAST FOR LITTLE IRON MIKE by PAUL MARIANI THE PAMPERING OF LEORA by THYLIAS MOSS ONE FOR ALL NEWBORNS by THYLIAS MOSS IN THE THRIVING SEASON by LISEL MUELLER ANIMAL CRACKERS by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY |
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