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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AD ASTRA: 142, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE
First Line: Seek not the unsanction'd joy, the illicit quest
Last Line: Remorse shall ask no questions of thy dead!
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Happiness; Life; Passion; Joy; Delight
First Line: Seek not the unsanction'd joy, the illicit quest
Last Line: Remorse shall ask no questions of thy dead!
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Happiness; Life; Passion; Joy; Delight
Seek not the unsanction'd joy, the illicit quest;
For, if there be no other Life but THIS,
Before thou dost thy better self divest
To stake thy happiness upon a kiss,
Or some such other fleet encircling bliss,
O be thou sure when Passion's hour hath sped,
Remorse shall ask no questions of thy dead!
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