So gentle and so gracious doth appear My lady when she giveth her salute, That every tongue becometh, trembling, mute; Nor do the eyes to look upon her dare. Although she hears her praises, she doth go Benignly vested with humility; And like a thing come down she seems to be From heaven to earth, a miracle to show. So pleaseth she whoever cometh nigh, She gives the heart a sweetness through the eyes, Which none can understand who doth not prove. And from her countenance there seems to move A spirit sweet and in Love's very guise, Who to the soul, in going, sayeth: Sigh! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SORROWS AND CONSOLATIONS by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD PIPPA PASSES by ROBERT BROWNING PICTURES by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON THE CROWN OF THORNS by ADA CAMBRIDGE SONGS OF THE SEA CHILDREN: 16 by BLISS CARMAN |