To give the world assurance in this cold And leaden age, that Love must ne'er be old, Cupid and Psyche thou hast rendered more Youthful and fair, than did the age of gold. And if the sweetness they had heretofore Found least decay, thou dost it now restore With large increase; instructing @3Love@1 to love, And in his mistress more affection move, In this thy poem; which thou hadst a pen From Love's own wing to write, -- powerful above His shafts. For thou some ironhearts of men Hast made in love with Poesy; that till then Could not discern her beauty, and less see Her excellence, as it is drawn out by thee, In perfect love-lines. Cupid smiles to see't, And crowns his mistress with thy poetry, Composed of syllables, that kiss more sweet Than violets and roses when they meet. And we, thine art's just lovers, as we look On Cupid kissing Psyche, kiss thy book. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MILL by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON THE BOOK OF THE LETTER, SELECTION by ABRAHAM ABULAFIA THE SUPPLIANTS: PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE. CHORUS by AESCHYLUS PRESCIENCE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH VERSES ON THE DESTRUCTION OF DRUMLANRIG WOODS by ROBERT BURNS VERSES FOR ALFEO FAGGI'S STATIONS OF THE CROSS by PADRAIC COLUM |