<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=419611" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Lover</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I sat in a friendly company<br>And wagged my wicked tongue so well,<br>My friends were listening close to hear<br>The wickedest tales that I could tell.<br>For many a fond youth waits, I said,<br>On many a worthless damozel;<br>But every trusting fool shall learn<br>To wish them heartily in hell. </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>And when your name was spoken too,<br>I did not change, I did not start,<br>And when they only praised and loved,<br>I still could play my secret part,<br>Cursing and lies upon my tongue,<br>And songs and shouting in my heart. </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>But when you came and looked at me,<br>You tried my poor pretence too much.<br>O love, do you know the secret now<br>Of one who would not tell nor touch?<br>Must I confess before the pack<br>Of babblers, idiots, and such? </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Do they not hear the burst of bells,<br>Pealing at every step you make?<br>Are not their eyelids winking too,<br>Feeling your sudden brightness break?<br>O too much glory shut with us!<br>O walls too narrow and opaque!<br>O come into the night with me<br>And let me speak, for Jesus' sake.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Crowe+Ransom">John Crowe Ransom</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=419611" data-title="The Lover de John Crowe Ransom" data-description="I sat in a friendly company And wagged my wicked tongue so well, My friends were listening close to hear The wickedest tales that I could tell. For many a fond youth waits, I said, On many a worthless damozel; But every trusting fool shall learn T..."></div> </div> </div>

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