Thee for thy virtues I alone admire, Azile mine, but mine no more thou art; Yet canst thou not those raging flames expire Of Love, unless thou hast a double heart: O double not my pains (my dearest love) Nor let the torments of my soul increase, For private envy will all truth reprove. That kingdom safest lives that lives in peace: How can we then a true concordance find, When we two, one, have both a diff'rent mind? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ARABIAN SHAWL by KATHERINE MANSFIELD THE CHANT OF THE VULTURES by EDWIN MARKHAM SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: JACOB GODBEY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS ROBERT BROWNING by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR HONEY DRIPPING FROM THE COMB by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY THE MUSICAL CONQUERERS by PHILIP AYRES VERITAS by BERNICE BROWN BETTMAN |