|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE VAIN ADVICE, by CATHERINE TROTTER COCKBURN First Line: Ah, gaze not on those eyes! Forbear Last Line: Is too far lost to have the power to fly. | |||
Ah, gaze not on those eyes! forbear That soft enchanting voice to hear: Not looks of basilisks give surer death Nor Syrens sing with more destructive breath. Fly, if thy freedom thou'dst maintain: Alas! I feel the advice is vain! A heart whose safety but in flight does lie, Is too far lost to have the power to fly. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOST ILLUSIONS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON IN THE JEWISH SYNAGOGUE AT NEWPORT by EMMA LAZARUS LIMERICK by OLIVER BROOK HERFORD BRIDAL BALLAD by EDGAR ALLAN POE ELEGIAC SONNET: 7. ON THE DEPARTURE OF THE NIGHTINGALE by CHARLOTTE SMITH A CAMEO by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE THE BARTHOLDI STATUE by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER |
| |