I WOULD be the Lyric Ever on the lip, Rather than the Epic Memory lets slip! I would be the diamond At my lady's ear, Rather than the June-rose Worn but once a year! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MR. HOUSMAN'S MESSAGE by EZRA POUND A LILLIPUTIAN ODE ON THEIR MAJESTIES' ACCESSION by HENRY CAREY (1687-1743) ACCIDENT IN ART by RICHARD HOVEY SHILOH; A REQUIEM by HERMAN MELVILLE THE MINSTREL BOY by THOMAS MOORE |