When you sit there the shadows come and go In merry gambol 'round your shining face, And press their purpled shades about the glow Of crimson on your cheeks. In happy grace They kiss your lips as night enfolds the skies, And peacefully they come and softly dwell Deep in the caverns of your darkling eyes, Casting the witchery of their magic spell. O then, I know God made my hungry heart For you to rule by word or glance or smile. 'Tis all of earth and heaven's better part To live within the thrall your lips beguile. Nor need I gaze at stars for in your eyes There gleams the starlight of a thousand skies. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NEW YEAR'S EVE by THOMAS HARDY ARCADIA: THE BARGAIN by PHILIP SIDNEY MICHAEL; A PASTORAL POEM by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH FOUR SONNETS: 1 by FRANK DAVIS ASHBURN BEAUTY MAKES US HAPPY by PHILIP AYRES |