When my eyes descried thee In the dawn, O crescent Moon, and close beside thee Venus incandescent, To my mind observing Like a ball was Venus, From thy mallet swerving Soon to spin between us. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CLEVER WOMAN by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE THE BATTLE OF THE KEGS by FRANCIS HOPKINSON THE KLONDIKE by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON THE GIFT by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL SONNET PREFIXED TO 'NENNIO, OR A TREATISE OF NOBILITY' by EDMUND SPENSER EPITAPH FOR LINCOLN by WALT WHITMAN SONNET by WILLIAM ALEXANDER (1567-1640) |