You loved her, and would lie all night Thinking how beautiful she was, And what to do for her delight. Now both are bound with alien laws! Be patient; put your heart to school; Weep if you will, but not despair; The trust that nought goes wrong by rule Should ease this load the many bear. Love, if there's heav'n, shall meet his dues, Though here unmatch'd, or match'd amiss; Meanwhile, the gentle cannot choose But learn to love the lips they kiss. Ne'er hurt the homely sister's ears With Rachel's beauties; secret be The lofty mind whose lonely tears Protest against mortality. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO E. T.: 1917 by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE A SPIRITUAL by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR TAMERLANE (4) by EDGAR ALLAN POE FOR 'OUR LADY OF THE ROCKS' (BY LEONARDO DA VINCI) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI MARGARET'S SONG by LASCELLES ABERCROMBIE A PRAYER FOR THE NEW YEAR by LAURA F. ARMITAGE THE LOVE SONNETS OF PROTEUS: 36. FEAR HAS CAST OUT LOVE by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT PATIENCE AND HOPE by EDWARD GEORGE EARLE LYTTON BULWER-LYTTON |