When I was forced from Stella, ever dear, Stella, food of my thoughts, heart of my heart, Stella, whose eyes make all my tempests clear, By iron laws of duty to depart; Alas, I found that she with me did smart, I saw that tears did in her eyes appear; I saw that sighs her sweetest lips did part, And her sad words my sadded sense did hear. For me, I wept, to see pearls scattered so; I sighed her sighs, and wailed for her woe; Yet swam in joy, such love in her was seen. Thus while th'effect most bitter was to me, And nothing than the cause more sweet could be, I had been vexed, if vexed I had not been. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOMAGE TO SEXTUS PROPERTIUS: 12 by EZRA POUND IDYLL 1. LAMENT FOR ADONIS by BION THE CHARIOT by EMILY DICKINSON A SONNET WRITTEN BY A NYMPH IN HER OWN BLOOD by CLAUDIO ACHILLINI HINC LACHRIMAE; OR THE AUTHOR TO AURORA: 44 by WILLIAM BOSWORTH |