Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, JOVE WARNS US, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES



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First Line: Jove warns us with his lightning first
Last Line: To fasten me beside her.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.


JOVE warns us with his lightning first,
Before he sends his thunder;
Before the cock begins to crow,
He claps his wings down under.
But I, who go to see a maid,
This springtime in the morning,
Fall under every spell she has,
Without a word of warning.

She little thinks what charms her breath
To cunning eyes reveal;
The waves that down her body glide,
That from her bosom steal.
Her moth-like plumpness caught my eye,
I watched it like a spider;
By her own hair my web is made,
To fasten me beside her.





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