NOW that she gives my love consent, I hear an evil spirit near; A mocking spirit, day and night, That whispers threats in either ear. "Since you are twice her age," it says, "Thick-lipped, with features large and coarse; And she, so young and beautiful, Could all her life do nothing worse; "Since she, poor girl, mistakes for love The feelings that possess her heart -- She must be daft, and you, strong wretch, Should burn in hell for such a part!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A LITANY OF ATLANTA by WILLIAM EDWARD BURGHARDT DU BOIS GRASS FINGERS by ANGELINA WELD GRIMKE MILES KEOGH'S HORSE by JOHN MILTON HAY A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 54 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN BUCOLIC COMEDY: EN FAMILLE by EDITH SITWELL WHITE FIELDS by JAMES STEPHENS AGAINST QUARRELLING AND FIGHTING by ISAAC WATTS |