SHADE not the light within thine eyes, The wondrous light within thine eyes; The Sun is all too fierce to hold Light such as that within thine eyes, -- Yet is the passion of his warmth Less deep than that within thine eyes; The Moon is all too cold to wear Light such as that within thine eyes, -- Yet is her flame less silver-clear Than that which glows within thine eyes. Thou art my Heaven; my Sun and Moon Are the mere light within thine eyes; Nature, that gave the world those orbs, Gave me the light within thine eyes; -- I, and I only, can repose Within the light within thine eyes; Oh! Leila, what would be my gloom, Without the light within thine eyes? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FREEDOM AND LOVE by THOMAS CAMPBELL THE HIGH TIDE AT [OR, ON THE COAST OF] LINCOLNSHIRE by JEAN INGELOW THE TRANSLATED WAY by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS PASTEL by MARSDON GILFORD ALBRITTON THE ORGANIST by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE LITTLE ONES GREATNESS by JOSEPH BEAUMONT THE DOOMED OAK; IN IMITATION OF ANATOLE FRANCE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |