NAY, lady, one frown is enough In a life as soon over as this -- And though minutes seem long in a huff, They're minutes 'tis pity to miss! The smiles you imprison so lightly Are reckon'd, like days in eclipse; And though you may smile again brightly, You've lost so much light from your lips! Pray, lady, smile! The cup that is longest untasted May be with our bliss running o'er, And, love when we will, we have wasted An age in not loving before! Perchance Cupid's forging a fetter To tie us together some day, And, just for the chance, we had better Be laying up love, I should say! Nay, lady, smile! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THOMAS MACDONAGH by FRANCIS LEDWIDGE THE LARK ASCENDING by GEORGE MEREDITH ISAAC AND ARCHIBALD by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON IF WE KNEW; OR, BLESSINGS OF TO-DAY by MAY LOUISE RILEY SMITH MARE LIBERUM by HENRY VAN DYKE A NAMELESS EPITAPH (2) by MATTHEW ARNOLD |