TONGUE! never cease to sing Fidessa's praise; Heart! howe'er she deserve, conceive the best; Eyes! stand amazed to see her beauty's rays; Lips! steal one kiss and be for ever blessed; Hands! touch that hand wherein your life is closed; Breast! lock up fast in thee thy life's sole treasure; Arms! still embrace, and never be disclosed; Feet! run to her without or pace or measure, Tongue! heart! eyes! lips! hands! breast! arms! feet! Consent to do true homage to your Queen: Lovely, fair, gent, wise, virtuous, sober, sweet, Whose like shall never be, hath never been! O that I were all tongue her praise to show! Then surely my poor heart were freed from woe. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DIRGE FOR A SOLDIER [SEPTEMBER 1, 1862] by GEORGE HENRY BOKER SCINTILLA by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE NAMES by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE FIRESIDE by NATHANIEL COTTON ROBERT GOULD SHAW by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR ON LIBERTY AND SLAVERY by GEORGE MOSES HORTON PATROLING BARNEGAT by WALT WHITMAN QUATRAIN: OMAR KHAYYAM (AFTER FITZGERALD) by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |