She has beauty, but still you must keep your heart cool; She has wit, but you mustn't be caught, so; Thus Reason advises, but Reason's a fool, And 'tis not the first time I have thought so, Dear Fanny. 'Tis not the first time I have thought so. She is lovely; then love her, nor let the bliss fly; 'Tis the charm of youth's vanishing season; Thus Love has advised me and who will deny That Love reasons much better than Reason, Dear Fanny? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RAVEN; A CHRISTMAS TALE, TOLD BY A SCHOOL-BOY by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE PHILIP, MY KING by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK O YOU WHOM I OFTEN AND SILENTLY COME by WALT WHITMAN MY BALD HEAD by PIERRE JEAN DE BERANGER |