I cannot be ashamed 1
Because I cannot see
The love you offer-
Magnitude
Reverses Modesty
And I cannot be proud 6
Because a Hight so high
Involves Alpine
Requirements
And Services of Snow.
Because I cannot see
The love you offer-
Magnitude
Reverses Modesty
And I cannot be proud 6
Because a Hight so high
Involves Alpine
Requirements
And Services of Snow.
(F.977/J.914)
[1–10]:: Love, a game called mora or morra; one player holds up a certain number of fingers, and the other, without seeing, guesses their number (OED love n.1 11). This poem complains a man who gave little love and was cold like snow of Alpine.
[1] I cannot be ashamed:: she is not shy in playing the game.
[2] see:: to see the fingers hidden.
[4] Magnitude:: number of fingers, and the importance, greatness in effect.
[5] Reverses:: the importance of win or lose reverses her modesty.
[6] proud:: she wins.
[7] Hight:: vow, promise. high:: very difficult, to promise a number in the game.
[8] Alpine:: huge, enormous.
[9] Requirements, Services:: what are needed to play the game.
[10] Snow:: white hair.