Then spake I to the tree, " Were ye your own desire What is it ye would be?" Answered the tree to me, " I am my own desire, I am what I would be. " If you were your desire Would you lie under me, And see me as you see?" " I am my own desire While I lie under you, And that which I would be Desire will sing to you." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OBERON'S FEAST by ROBERT HERRICK THE AFFLICTION OF MARGARET by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH A FAERY SONG, SUNG BY THE PEOPLE OF FAERY OVER DIARMUID by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS TAKE HER, BREAK HER by ANACREON THE ACHARNIANS: A PLEA FOR THE ENEMY by ARISTOPHANES EPIGRAM by DECIMUS MAGNUS AUSONIUS |