CAN ought compared with wedlock be For use? But He who made the heart To use proportions joy. What He Has join'd let no man put apart. Sweet Order has its draught of bliss Graced with the pearl of God's consent, Ten times delightful in that 'tis Considerate and innocent. In vain Disorder grasps the cup; The pleasure's not enjoy'd but spilt, And, if he stoops to lick it up, It only tastes of earth and guilt. His sorry raptures rest destroys; To live, like comets, they must roam; On settled poles turn solid joys, And sunlike pleasures shine at home. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SONG OF THE PILGRIMS by RUPERT BROOKE HERTHA by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE PSALM 14. DIXIT INSIPIENS by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE PSALMS OF THE SEA: THE CONVERT by EVERETT BOSTON RECIPROCAL KINDNESS THE PRIMARY LAW OF NATURE by VINCENT BOURNE |