Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO MICHAL: SONNETS AFTER MARRIAGE: 1, by CHARLES WILLIAMS


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TO MICHAL: SONNETS AFTER MARRIAGE: 1, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: This you shall owe me-that your soul shall keep
Last Line: Your joyous and impetuous infancy.
Subject(s): Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


THIS you shall owe me—that your soul shall keep
Its bravery of childishness unmarred:
Awake, in love's protection; and asleep,
By not so much as dreams of treachery scarred.

Falls, or a thistle-spike or a bee's sting,
Quarrels, and such afflictions of our dust
Shall pierce you; but no too-quick withering
Shall age you in this heart that holds your trust.

Here shall your young eyes weep away their woe,
Your childish angers here shall have their way,
Here your intent simplicity shall show
The labours it rejoices to display,

And here shall beat unharmed, in storms of glee,
Your joyous and impetuous infancy.





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