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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HEART'S PROVING, by GOTTFRIED KELLER Poet's Biography First Line: Do not my undesigning heart disdain Last Line: Fail not its music to our discontent. | |||
Do not my undesigning heart disdain That it so many hearts has fellowed, In this it is but as a fiddle mellowed Long by a master in desire and pain; And year by year under his cunning hand Its common price has interest taken, For now the strings to deeper tones will waken For any player who may understand. So, many a mistress on my heart has spent Instruction of her fancy's choosing, Till it is worthy your diviner using -- Fail not its music to our discontent. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SUMMER NIGHT by GOTTFRIED KELLER WINTER NIGHT by GOTTFRIED KELLER SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: BARNEY HAINSFEATHER by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SONNET TO TARTAR, A TERRIER BEAUTY by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES 1914: 1. PEACE by RUPERT BROOKE GARDEN FANCIES: 1. THE FLOWER'S NAME by ROBERT BROWNING INTOXICATION by EMILY DICKINSON GO DOWN DEATH; A FUNERAL SERMON by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON MEN AND BOYS by KARL THEODORE KORNER IN FLANDERS FIELDS by JOHN MCCRAE |
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