Mankind, whose lives from hour to hour decay, Lest sudden change himself should make him fear, For if his black head instantly waxed gray, Do you not think man would himself forswear? Caelica, who overnight spake with her eyes, My love complains, that it can love no more, Showing me shame, that languisheth and dies, Tyrannized by love, it tyrannized before; If on the next day Cynthia change and leave, Would you trust your eyes, since her eyes deceive? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CHILD'S PRAYER [OR, HYMN] by MATILDA BARBARA BETHAM-EDWARDS THE LADY'S 'YES' by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING SONG TO THE MEN OF ENGLAND by THOMAS CAMPBELL THE EMPEROR'S BIRD'S-NEST by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW THE CHARACTER OF HOLLAND by ANDREW MARVELL THE MINSTREL BOY by THOMAS MOORE BLIGHTERS by SIEGFRIED SASSOON |