Love

Cloris and Fanny

by Thomas Moore 1779–1852

From Juvenile Poems

Love

Cloris! if I were Persia's king,
I'd make my graceful queen of thee;
While FANNY, wild and artless thing,
Should but thy humble handmaid be.

There is but one objection in it--
That, verily, I'm much afraid
I should, in some unlucky minute,
Forsake the mistress for the maid.

MLA

Moore, Thomas. “Cloris and Fanny.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/moore/58/.

Chicago

Moore, Thomas. “Cloris and Fanny.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/moore/58/.

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