I FELT a spirit of love begin to stir Within my heart, long time unfelt till then; And saw Love coming towards me fair and fain, (That I scarce knew him for his joyful cheer), Saying, 'Be now indeed my worshipper!' And in his speech he laugh'd and laugh'd again. Then, while it was his pleasure to remain, I chanced to look the way he had drawn near, And saw the Ladies Joan and Beatrice Approach me, this the other following, One and a second marvel instantly. And even as now my memory speaketh this, Love spake it then: 'The first is christen'd Spring, The Second Love, she is so like to me.' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI: 2. HEAT by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER LINES WRITTEN IN EARLY SPRING by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ORA PRO NOBIS by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH THE TWENTY-SECOND OF DECEMBER by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HEADS, HEARTS, AND HANDS by GEORGE W. BUNGAY |