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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AD ASTRA: 147, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE
First Line: To lust is not to love-love scorneth lust!
Last Line: Whose smoke in heaven-ascending thoughts doth rise.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Emotions; Love
First Line: To lust is not to love-love scorneth lust!
Last Line: Whose smoke in heaven-ascending thoughts doth rise.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Emotions; Love
To lust is not to love—Love scorneth lust!—
How canst thou say 'I love,' and Love defile?
For Love is reverent, tender of its trust,
Nor ever could it harbour thought of guile:
Love knows no wantonness, no Devil's wile!—
True love is a perpetual sacrifice,
Whose smoke in heaven-ascending thoughts doth rise.
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