You little stars that live in skies And glory in Apollo's glory, In whose aspects conjoined lies, The heaven's will and nature's story, Joy to be likened to those eyes, Which eyes make all eyes glad or sorry; For when you force thoughts from above, These overrule your force by love. And thou, O Love, which in these eyes Hast married Reason with Affection, And made them saints of Beauty's skies, Where joys are shadows of perfection, Lend me thy wings that I may rise Up, not by worth, but thy election; For I have vowed in strangest fashion To love and never seek compassion. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SWORD AND THE SICKLE by WILLIAM BLAKE THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 18 by OMAR KHAYYAM FLORAL DECORATIONS FOR BANANAS by WALLACE STEVENS THE OTHER WORLD by HARRIET BEECHER STOWE EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 11. LOVE WILL OUT by PHILIP AYRES S. BARNABAS by JOSEPH BEAUMONT TO ALEXIS IN ANSWER TO HIS POEM AGAINST FRUITION by APHRA BEHN |