Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton

Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (22 March 1808 – 15 June 1877 / London)

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Poems by Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton : 11 / 119

First Love - Poem by Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton

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YES, I know that you once were my lover,
But that sort of thing has an end,
And though love and its transports are over,
You know you can still be--my friend:
I was young, too, and foolish, remember;
(Did you ever hear John Hardy sing?)
It was then, the fifteenth of November,
And this is the end of the spring!

You complain that you are not well-treated
By my suddenly altering so;
Can I help it?--you're very conceited,
If you think yourself equal to Joe.
Don't kneel at my feet, I implore you;
Don't write on the drawings you bring;
Don't ask me to say, 'I adore you,'
For, indeed, it is now no such thing.

I confess, when at Bognor we parted,
I swore that I worshipped you then--
That I was a maid broken-hearted,
And you the most charming of men.
I confess, when I read your first letter,
I blotted your name with a tear--
But, oh! I was young--knew no better,
Could I tell that I'd meet Hardy here?

How dull you are grown! how you worry,
Repeating my vows to be true--
If I said so, I told you a story,
For I love Hardy better than you!
Yes! my fond heart has fixed on another,
(I sigh so whenever he's gone,)
I shall always love you--as a brother,
But my heart is John Hardy's alone.

Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton

Poems by Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton : 11 / 119

Oduro Bright Amoh (2/13/2015 4:44:00 PM)

This is one of the funniest poems I have ever read. Beautiful in a very refreshingly amusing way. (Report) Reply
Kim Barney (2/13/2015 9:20:00 AM)

Wow! I guess she put him in his place!
She uses John Hardy in the last line. Earlier she said
... If you think yourself equal to Joe.
So I was thinking Joe Hardy (and his brother Frank) . I'm probably the only one here old enough to remember the old Hardy Boys mystery books. (Report) Reply
Aftab Alam Khursheed (2/13/2015 5:45:00 AM)

Love and pain nice poem (Report) Reply