Guido, I would that Lapo, thou, and I, Led by some strong enchantment, might ascend A magic ship, whose charmed sails should fly With winds at will where'er out thoughts might wend, So that no change, nor any evil chance Should mar our joyous voyage; but it might be That even satiety should still enhance Between our hearts their strict community: And that the bounteous wizard then would place Vanna and Bice and my gentle love Companions of our wandering, and would grace With passionate talk, wherever we might rove, Our time, and each were as content and free As I believe that thou and I should be. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SHIP OF RIO by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE THE LITTLE CROSS by EDITH AGNEW AT THE FUNERAL OF A MINOR POET by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE AUTO-DA-FE; A LEGEND OF SPAIN by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM A NEW PILGRIMAGE: 7 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT THE LOVE SONNETS OF PROTEUS: 51. FAREWELL TO JULIET (13) by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT INTRODUCTION TO A LADY'S ALBUM by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD THIS WAY FOR ROMANCE by BERTON BRALEY THE WANDERER: 1. IN ITALY: CONDEMNED ONES by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |