CHARMING coquette, I know you well, Your mask is powerless to deceive; Your mantle's every sink and swell, Has it not plagued me many an eve? Smiles in your thrilling glances play; All who gaze on you own your spell, Who with more truth than I can say: Beautiful mask, I know you well. That gentle voice I know full well Which has 'to-morrow' said so oft; That shape whose grace words cannot tell, Small feet and hands so white and soft; That voice which from the balcony Could so enticingly repel, And in sweet whisper say, 'Good-bye': Beautiful mask, I know you well. My fairy sylph, I know full well Your solitude at eventide; Your gondola swift oars impel, And noiseless through the water guide: Your place in church full well is known, The house in Venice where you dwell, The hand your promise makes my own: Beautiful mask, I know you well. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...READY TO KILL by CARL SANDBURG THE SWORD AND THE SICKLE by WILLIAM BLAKE MONUMENT MOUNTAIN by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT CINQUAIN: NOVEMBER NIGHT by ADELAIDE CRAPSEY THE DEBT by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR SONNET: WRITTEN ON THE DAY THAT MR. LEIGH HUNT LEFT PRISON by JOHN KEATS MAIDENHOOD by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW |