I. RAVISH my beauty, O wind, O breeze, Scatter my petals wide Over the prairies and over the seas, -- Over the seas, Where the great ships ride; Over the seas, Where the storms abide, Scatter my petals wide. II. For he kissed my lips when the east was red, -- I awoke with a blush and start; But he kissed me again, breathing, "My love," -- Breathing, "My love, Do I know thy heart?" Breathing, "My love, We will never part, Never, -- never part." III. But a woman fair, O wind, O breeze, With eyes of a morn in May, Came out of a land that is over the seas, -- Over the seas, Where the sky is gray; Over the seas, Where the winters stay, And stole his love away. IV. And my heart is broken, O wind, O breeze, My petals are shrivelled and pale; And ye bring no balm to give me ease, -- To give me ease, As my life-springs fail; To give me ease, As my branches trail, And my petals are shrivelled and pale. V. Ravish my beauty, O wind, O breeze, Scatter my petals wide Over the prairies and over the seas, -- Over the seas, Where the great ships ride; Over the seas, Where the storms abide, Scatter my petals wide. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BRAVEST BATTLE by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER WHO WALKS WITH BEAUTY by DAVID MORTON TO THE MAN-OF-WAR-BIRD by WALT WHITMAN SIDNEY'S ASTROPHEL AND STELLA: CANTO SECUNDO. LOVE'S PILGRIMS by THOMAS CAMPION |