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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COUNSEL WITH A WOUNDED HEART, by LOUISE CRENSHAW RAY First Line: What if the gold was heavy with alloy? Last Line: Fate has been generous and wisdom, blind. | |||
What if the gold was heavy with alloy? You found it precious for awhile; its giving Seemed lordly in your sight; it brought you joy And glorified the ritual of living. What if illusion was a panderer Who rendered you impervious to reason? For such oblivion do not censure her Or call her artifice a name like treason. O wounded heart, be grateful that you had A single coin to spend, a single hour When earth and heaven combined to make you mad, A god, no miracle beyond your power! By reckoning your treasure, you will find Fate has been generous and wisdom, blind. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HENRY ELLEN by LOUISE CRENSHAW RAY SAIL-BOAT (BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI) by LOUISE CRENSHAW RAY THE WIND (2) by EMILY DICKINSON COLUMBUS AT THE CONVENT [JULY, 1491] by JOHN TOWNSEND TROWBRIDGE THE CAP AND BELLS by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS A LAMENT by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES AT SEA by FRANCIS WILLIAM BOURDILLON ANOTHER WAY OF LOVE by ROBERT BROWNING THE OLD BARN by MADISON JULIUS CAWEIN |
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