You squeeze me in your arms the while your eyes Hungrily seek, fierce woman, on my face Close-hid deceits, brief mocking smiles, to trace: For you have guessed that you have lost your prize. But I care not, for all my enterprise Is sending such thoughts through your brain achase; For thereby do I gain the crowning grace Of all your splendid savage witcheries. Seize me and keep me ever for your own, So that my love flames in you like a star: But if you dim its ray, be sure some one Shall lure me from your side, and out afar: This shadowy terror I set on you now, Leaves but love's perfect lustre on your brow! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HER EYES TWIN POOLS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON BOLDNESS IN LOVE by THOMAS CAREW SONG OF SUMMER by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR SONNET: 18. ON THE LATE MASSACRE IN PIEDMONT by JOHN MILTON THE YOUNG GRAY HEAD by CAROLINE ANNE BOWLES SOUTHEY CHRISTMAS CAROL by SARA TEASDALE |