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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ACCEPTANCE, by JEAN BAILEY First Line: I can be gay my dear, my whole life through Last Line: I am held fast, of all your life a part. | |||
I can be gay, my dear, my whole life through And face down all my grief with steady eyes, If it will give the highest joy to you Making you feel that beauty never dies. Knowing with utter surety how dear You are to me, I can bear lonely days; The sense that I may hold you always near Will keep my courage steadfastly ablaze; And, since I feel your need of tenderness More urgent than the unvoiced need in me, I can be joyous -- though you give me less -- Content that in my love you may go free. It is enough to know that in your heart I am held fast, of all your life a part. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON LADY POLTAGRUE: A PUBLIC PERIL by HILAIRE BELLOC BRIGHTNESS AS A POIGNANT LIGHT by DAVID IGNATOW AFTER APPLE PICKING by ROBERT FROST MIDWINTER BLUES by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES DRIVING HOME THE COWS by KATE PUTNAM OSGOOD FEAR AND LOVE by EGMONT HEGEL ARENS CHARACTERS: MARTHA JENNINGS by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD WRITTEN ON A MARBLE by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |
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