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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 ARMAGEDDON by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON DAY: MORNING by JOHN CUNNINGHAM TOMMY'S DEAD by SYDNEY THOMPSON DOBELL SONG; IN IMITATION OF SHAKESPEARE'S 'BLOW, BLOW, THOU WINTER WIND' by JAMES BEATTIE BEYOND THE BAR by BEATRICE B. BEEBE TO HIS WIFE WITH A KNIFE ON THE 14TH ANNIVERSARY OF HER WEDDING DAY by SAMUEL BISHOP THE TOMBS OF THE KINGS by MATHILDE BLIND THE STEPS OF THE COMMANDER by ALEXANDER (ALEKSANDR) ALEXANDROVICH BLOK |
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