Poem: On The Sale By Auction Of Keats' Love Letters

上海龙凤shlf最新地址Poem: On The Sale By Auction Of Keats' Love Letters

 

These are the letters which Endymion wrote

To one he loved in secret, and apart.

And now the brawlers of the auction mart

Bargain and bid for each poor blotted note,

Ay! for each separate pulse of passion quote

The merchant's price.  I think they love not art

Who break the crystal of a poet's heart

上海龙凤shlf最新地址That small and sickly eyes may glare and gloat.

 

Is it not said that many years ago,

In a far Eastern town, some soldiers ran

上海龙凤shlf最新地址With torches through the midnight, and began

上海龙凤shlf最新地址To wrangle for mean raiment, and to throw

上海龙凤shlf最新地址Dice for the garments of a wretched man,

Not knowing the God's wonder, or His woe?