Why knot the amoret again? Lass, is loving worth the pain? The hawser has been snapped in two. Who pulled too hard then? Was it you? Was it I or was it some other one? The good god of the Christians? Who can tell? At all events the thing was done through nobody's fault, one knows it well. Into so many hearts love slips! His cable moors so many ships, and through so many rings is passed! Whose fault if it frays and breaks at last? Too many an amorous man and maid in this world on the selfsame sin do strain. And is it love that is to blame if one finds his cord is somewhat frayed? Why knot the amoret again? Lass, is loving worth the pain? The hawser has been snapped in two. Who pulled too hard? In faith, 'twas you! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DEEP IN THE NIGHT by SARA TEASDALE METRICAL FEET by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE DYING SWAN by ALFRED TENNYSON A DRINKING SONG by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS DEATH AND THE LADY; THEIR BARGAIN TOLD AGAIN by LEONIE ADAMS ON A FOUNTAIN AND ITS ARCHITECT by PHILIP AYRES THE OLD TRAMP by PIERRE JEAN DE BERANGER |