Nature
The Unlucky Apple
Nature
'Twas the apple that in Eden
Caused our father's primal fall;
And the Trojan War, remember--
'Twas an apple caused it all.
So for weeks I've hesitated,
You can guess the reason why,
For I want to tell my darling
She's the apple of my eye.
Cite this poem
MLA
Dunbar, Paul Laurence. “The Unlucky Apple.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/paul-laurence-dunbar/354/.
Chicago
Dunbar, Paul Laurence. “The Unlucky Apple.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/paul-laurence-dunbar/354/.
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