Fair and lovely maid, look from the shore, See thy Leander striving in these waves, Poor soul forspent, whose force can do no more; Now send forth hopes, for now calm pity saves, And waft him to thee with those lovely eyes, A happy convoy to a holy land. Now show thy power, and where thy virtue lies; To save thine own, stretch out the fairest hand. Stretch out the fairest hand, a pledge of peace -- That hand that darts so right and never misses; I'll not revenge old wrongs, my wrath shall cease; For that which gave me wounds, I'll give it kisses. Once let the ocean of my cares find shore, That thou be pleased, and I may sigh no more. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME by PATRICK SARSFIELD GILMORE SIC VITA by HENRY KING (1592-1669) SNOW OR SNOWDROPS? by MATHILDE BLIND TAM THE CHAPMAN by ROBERT BURNS THE EARTH MOTHER by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON OSCAR OF ALVA by GEORGE GORDON BYRON THE FLOWER AND THE LEAF, OR THE LADY IN THE ARBOUR; A VISION by GEOFFREY CHAUCER |