His over-hot desire itself defeats,
And where mere prudence had attained, he fails
For lack of self-retention; as on ice
A ravening wolf, when his prey swerves, o'ershoots
The mark, and, floundering in his fury, slides
On the smooth floor.

(C) Robert Crawford
03/07/2017


Best Poems of Robert Crawford

• Lethe.
• Death.
• Song #2.
• The Bush Aboon Traquair
• Sea-weeds.
• Women.
• Work.
• Ever And Only.
• Jove.
• Evening.
• Beauty.
• Song
• Echo.
• Love #3.
• Egoism.
• Song #11.
• The Glove Of The Live Lady.
• Old-fashioned Child.
• Thought.
• Song #14.