ONE conned my simple lines with cynic art, Then smiled, as though he found a friend in me, And read: "If Love alone possess your heart, Then can you never more unhappy be." Another, feeling still Love's bitter dart, Smiled through her joyful tears triumphantly, And read: "If Love alone possess your heart, Then can you nevermore unhappy be." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MATRES DOLOROSAE by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES THE PAST by RALPH WALDO EMERSON A NEWPORT ROMANCE by FRANCIS BRET HARTE AT THE WEDDING MARCH by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS LANDSCAPE; TWILIGHT by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE MUSICAL CONQUERERS by PHILIP AYRES |