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THE KERCHIEF by ARTHUR THOMAS QUILLER-COUCH

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHEN FIRST I 'GAN TO KNOW THEE, DEAR
Last Line: TO FIND THE FAULTS I FOUND.
Subject(s): FAILURE; JUDGMENTS;

WHEN first I'gan to know thee, dear,
Thy faults I did espy;
And 'Sure this is a blemish here,
And that's a blot,' said I.

But from that hour I did resign
My judgement to my fate,
Thou art no more than only mine
To love and vindicate.

The kerchief that thou gav'st I wear
Upon mine eyelids bound,
And every man I meet I dare
To find the faults I found.



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