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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 WAR VERSE (1914) by EZRA POUND FAITH AND DESPONDENCY by EMILY JANE BRONTE WASTED HOURS by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES MENAPHON: SEPHESTIA'S [CRADLE] SONG TO HER CHILD by ROBERT GREENE ANIMAL CRACKERS by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY THE COMMONPLACE by WALT WHITMAN FAREWELL TO SUMMER by GEORGE ARNOLD |
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