Down in the valley come meet me tonight, And I'll tell you your fortune truly As ever ' t was told, by the new- moon's light, To a young maiden, shining as newly. But, for the world, let no one be nigh, Lest haply the stars should deceive me; Such secrets between you and me and the sky Should never go farther, believe me. If at that hour the heavens be not dim, My science shall call up before you Amale apparition , the image of him Whose destiny ' t is to adore you. And if to that phantom you ' ll be kind, So fondly around you he ' ll hover, You'll hardly, my dear, any difference find 'Twixt him and a true living lover. Down at your feet, in the pale moon light, He'll kneel, with a warmth of devotion - An ardor, of which such an innocent sprite You'd scarcely believe had a notion. What other thoughts and events may arise, As in destiny's book I've not seen them , Must only be left to the stars and your eyes To settle, ere morning, between them. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MAN TO BE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE IYYOB TRANSLATION FROM 'A-15' by LOUIS ZUKOFSKY THIRD BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 17. A LOVER'S PLEA by THOMAS CAMPION THE BLACK RIDERS: 56 by STEPHEN CRANE PASSION'S HOUNDS by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES THE TRAVELLER AT THE SOURCE OF THE NILE by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS LONDON WIND by LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA |