HIGH State and Honours to others impart, But give me your Heart: That Treasure, that Treasure alone, I beg for my own. So gentle a Love, so fervent a Fire, My Soul does inspire. That Treasure, that Treasure alone, I beg for my own. Your Love let me crave, Give me in Possessing So matchless a Blessing; That Empire is all I wou'd have. Love's my Petition, All my Ambition; If e'er you discover So faithful a Lover, So real a Flame, I'll die, I'll die, So give up my Game. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TWO SONGS OF A FOOL: 1 by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS SHADOWS: 2 by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES FOUND' (FOR A PICTURE) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI ODES: BOOK 1: ODE 10. TO THE MUSE by MARK AKENSIDE ON BEING ASKED IF ONE WAS A NUMBER, REPLY TO MR. HOUGHTON by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |