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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EQUALITY, by PHOEBE CARY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Most favored lady in the land Last Line: "I love you,"" I have known it all!" Subject(s): Women; Equality; Love – Nature Of | |||
MOST favored lady in the land, I well can bear your scorn or pride; For in all truest wealth, to-day, I stand an equal by your side! No better parentage have you, -- One is our Father, one our Friend; The same inheritance awaits Our claiming, at the journey's end. No broader flight your thought can take, -- Faith on no firmer basis rest; Nor can the dreams of fancy wake A sweeter tumult in your breast. Life may to you bring every good, Which from a Father's hand can fall; But if true lips have said to me, "I love you," I have known it all! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CRY GOING OUT OVER PASTURES by ROBERT BLY AND KNEELING AT THE EDGE OF THE TRANSPARENT SEA I SHALL SHAPE FOR ... by ANNE CARSON THE GLASS ESSAY by ANNE CARSON AMONG MY FRIENDS LOVE IS A GREAT SORROW by ROBERT DUNCAN CHOSEN BY THE LION by LINDA GREGG THE SMALL THING LOVE IS by LINDA GREGG ADVISING MYSELF by PHILIP LEVINE LANCELOT WITH BICYCLE by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY A LEGEND OF THE NORTHLAND by PHOEBE CARY |
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