IF amorous faith, a heart of guileless ways, Soft languors, courteously controlled desire, And virtuous will, kindled with noble fire, And lengthened wanderings in a lightless maze; If thoughts, which evermore the brow displays, Or words that faint and brokenly suspire, Still checked with fear and shame; if hues no higher Than the pale violet hath, or love displays; If holding some one than one's self more dear, If sorrowing and sighing evermore, If chewing grief, and rage, and many a cross, If burning far away, and freezing near, Are signs that Love consumes me to the core, Yours, lady, is the fault and mine the loss. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PLAINT OF THE CAMEL by CHARLES EDWARD CARRYL MERCILES BEAUTE; A TRIPLE ROUNDEL: 3. ESCAPE by GEOFFREY CHAUCER CHANNEL FIRING by THOMAS HARDY AT THE CEDARS by DUNCAN CAMPBELL SCOTT THE CHILD IN A GARDEN by MARIA ABDY THE MAID OF LLANWELLYN; A SONG by JOANNA BAILLIE THE STATION MAN, ON LOOK-OUT by ARCHIE BINNS THE NEW WORLD; TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES by LAURENCE BINYON |