NOW cease, my wandering eyes, Strange beauties to admire, In change least comfort lies; Long joys yield long desire— One faith, one love, Makes our frail pleasures eternal and in sweetness prove New hopes, new joys, Are still with sorrow declining Unto deep annoys. One man hath but one soul, Which art cannot divide, If all one soul must love, Two loves must be denied: One soul, one love, By faith and merit united, cannot remove: Distraught spirits Tire ever changing and hapless In their delights. Nature two eyes hath given, All beauty to impart, As well in earth as heaven, But she hath given one heart, That though we see Ten thousand beauties, yet in us one should be One steadfast love, Because our hearts stand fixed, Although our eyes do move. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THORN by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH THE LOVER SHOWETH HOW HE IS FORSAKEN by THOMAS WYATT LONDON SURVEYED AND ILLUSTRATED by JOHANNEM ADAMUS THE ONE WHITE ROSE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH VERSES WRITTEN IN A BLANK LEAF OF TIGHE'S 'PSYCHE' by BERNARD BARTON |