When first mine eyes did view and mark Thy fair beauty to behold; And when mine ears listened to hark The pleasant words that thou me told, I would as then I had been free From ears to hear and eyes to see. And when my lips gan first to move, Whereby my heart to thee was known; And when my tongue did talk of love To thee that hast true love down thrown: I would my lips and tongue also Had then been dumb, no deal to go. And when my hands have handled aught That thee hath kept in memory; And when my feet have gone, and sought To find and get thy company, I would each hand a foot had been, And I each foot a hand had seen. And when in mind I did consent To follow this my fancy's will; And when my heart did first relent To taste such bait, my life to spill, I would my heart had been as thine, Or else thy heart had been as mine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE TENTH MUSE: THE VANITY OF ALL WORLDLY THINGS by ANNE BRADSTREET LAST WORDS TO A DUMB FRIEND by THOMAS HARDY BYRON by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER INVITATION by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS HIMALAYA by WILLIMINA L. ARMSTRONG AMERICA A PROPHECY by WILLIAM BLAKE TO THE OBELISK DURING THE GREAT FROST, 1881 by MATHILDE BLIND |