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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LIKE A FRIENDSHIP MARRED, by ANN WOODBURY HAFEN First Line: I once had an opaline dresden vase Last Line: Disfigures the lady's face. Subject(s): Vases | |||
I once had an opaline Dresden vase That pictured a lady in taffeta, lace. Who looked on Love with a wistful smile On her tender petal-face. A careless hand broke my Dresden vase, Shattered to pieces the taffeta, lace, Killed in a gesture the wistful smile On the lovely lady's face. With artist-skill we mended the vase, Bit by bit patched the taffeta, lace; But a crooked smile, like a friendship marred, Disfigures the lady's face. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE V-A-S-E by JAMES JEFFREY ROCHE ON A GREEK VASE by FRANK DEMPSTER SHERMAN QUATORZAINS: 6. A FANTASTIC SIMILE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES THE FIRE VASE by NATHALIA CRANE GRACE AND LOVE by GEORGE MEREDITH THE VASE by HENRI FRANCOIS JOSEPH DE REGNIER ETHEREAL SNOBS by ANN WOODBURY HAFEN |
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