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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DRAWN FOR VALENTINE BY THE L.D.S, by THOMAS STANLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Though 'gainst me love and destiny conspire Last Line: Fortune relieves the cruelties of fate. Subject(s): Holidays; Valentine's Day | |||
THOUGH 'gainst me Love and Destiny conspire, Though I must waste in an unpitied fire, By the same Deity, severe as fair, Commanded adoration and despair; Though I am mark'd for sacrifice, to tell The growing age what dangerous glories dwell In this bright dawn, who, when she spreads her rays, Will challenge every heart, and every praise; Yet she who to all hope forbids my claim, By Fortune's taught indulgence to my flame. Great Queen of Chance! unjustly we exclude Thy power an interest in beatitude, Who, with mysterious judgement, dost dispense The bounties of unerring Providence, Whilst we, to whom the causes are unknown, Would style that blindness thine, which is our own; As kind in justice to thyself as me, Thou hast redeem'd thy name and votary; Nor will I prize this less for being thine, Nor longer at my destiny repine: Counsel and choice are things below thy state; Fortune relieves the cruelties of Fate. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VALENTINE THOUGHTS FOR MARI by EMANUEL DI PASQUALE A VALENTINE FOR MY TEACHER by JACK PRELUTSKY A VALENTINE TO SHERWOOD ANDERSON by GERTRUDE STEIN THOUGH VALENTINE BRINGS LOVE by WALLACE STEVENS A VALENTINE by WALLACE STEVENS THREE VALENTINES TO THE WIDE WORLD by MONA VAN DUYN ON ST. VALENTINE'S DAY by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS |
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