I MARKED all kindred Powers the heart finds fair:-- Truth, with awed lips; and Hope, with eyes upcast; And Fame, whose loud wings fan the ashen Past To signal-fires, Oblivion's flight to scare; And Youth, with still some single golden hair Unto his shoulder clinging, since the last Embrace wherein two sweet arms held him fast; And Life, still wreathing flowers for Death to wear. Love's throne was not with these; but far above All passionate wind of welcome and farewell He sat in breathless bowers they dream not of; Though Truth foreknow Love's heart, and Hope foretell, And Fame be fore Love's sake desirable, And Youth be dear, and Life be sweet to Love. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HAWK by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS FAREWELL TO NANCY by ROBERT BURNS FARE WELL by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE SONNET: THE HUMAN SEASONS by JOHN KEATS AT MIDSUMMER by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON VERSES TO MR. C by ALEXANDER POPE NUPTIAL ODE ON THE MARRIAGE OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN |