Classic and Contemporary Poetry
JEALOUSY, by PHOEBE CARY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I love my love so well, I would Last Line: And ease my jealous pain! Subject(s): Jealousy | ||||||||
I LOVE my love so well, I would There were no eyes but mine that could See my sweet piece of womanhood, And marvel of delight. I dread that even the sun should rise; That bold, bright rover of the skies, Who dares to touch her closed eyes, And put her dreams to flight. No maid could be more kind to me, No truer maiden lives than she, But yet I die of jealousy, A thousand deaths in one. I cannot bear to see her stop, With her soft hand a flower to crop; I envy even the clover-top Her dear foot treads upon. How cruel in my sight to bless Even her bird with the caress Of fingers that I dare not press, -- Those lady fingers, white; That nestle oft in that dear place Between her pillow and her face, And, never asking leave or grace, Caress her cheek at night! 'T is torture more than I can bear To see the wanton summer air Lift the bright tresses of her hair, And careless let them fall. The wind that through the roses slips, And every sparkling dew-drop sips, Without rebuke may kiss her lips, The sweetest rose of all. I envy, on her neck of snow, The white pearls hanging in a row, The opals on her heart that glow Flushed with a tender red. I would not, in her chamber fair, The curious stars should see her, where I, even in thought, may scarcely dare For reverence to tread. O maiden, hear and answer me In kindness or in cruelty; Tell me to live or let me die, I cry, and cry again! Give me to touch one golden tress, Give me thy white hand to caress, Give me thy red, red lips to press, And ease my jealous pain! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DOG AFTER LOVE by YEHUDA AMICHAI TOGETHER IN GREECE by LINDA GREGG THE JEALOUS LOVERS by DONALD HALL WOMEN THEY COULD KILL FOR by PETER JOHNSON GENEVIEVE AND ALEXANDRA (2) by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON SONNET (6) by GEORGE SANTAYANA A LEGEND OF THE NORTHLAND by PHOEBE CARY |
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