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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ANSWER, by IRMA LITTELL BOICE First Line: In days to come I'll see you standing there Last Line: That quivers neath the hurt of wanton touch. | |||
In days to come I'll see you standing there So coldly calm! A look within your eyes As one will gaze when wakened by a stare Of concentration. Anger and surprise, And rather more of wounded pride behind Those heavy lidded orbs of strength and light That read my heart and sought to probe my mind. Ah, vain pursuit! When reason seeks the right Of choice, and choosing takes the pebbled path That points the way to virtue, then my love It's wiser a retreat to stage, ere wrath Pours forth in storm, like torrents from above. A woman's heart, milord, is made of such That quivers neath the hurt of wanton touch. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 41 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE WANDERER: 2. IN FRANCE: THE CHESSBOARD by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON DUTY SURVIVING SELF-LOVE; THE ONLY SURE FRIEND OF DECLINING LIFE by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE UPON JULIA'S VOICE by ROBERT HERRICK WILD SWANS by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY PRAYERS OF STEEL by CARL SANDBURG |
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