SEE how the twilight slumber falls To obscure the glory of those balls And as she sleeps See how light creeps Through the chinks, and beautifies The rayey fringe of her fair eyes. Observe love's feuds, how fast they fly To every heart from her closed eye: What then will she, When waking be A glowing light for all to admire Such as would set the world on fire. Then seal her eyelids, gentle sleep, While cares of her mine open keep: Lock up, I say. Those doors Which with the morn for lustre strive That I may look on her and live. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SOMETIME by MAY LOUISE RILEY SMITH THE BARD'S EXCUSE by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS FALSE FRIEND by GHALIB IBN RIBAH AL-HAJJAM LAURENCE BLOOMFIELD IN IRELAND: 1. LORD CRASHTON by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM THREE SONNETS WRITTEN IN MID-CHANNEL: 3 by ALFRED AUSTIN LOST BUT FOUND by HORATIO (HORATIUS) BONAR |