Caelica, because we now in absence live, Which lived so long in free-born love at one, Straight curious rumor doth her censure give, That our aspects are to another zone. Yet Caelica, you know I do not change, My heart bears witness that there is no cause, Authority may bid goodwill be strange, But true desire is subject to no laws; If I have spoken to the common sense, It envy kills, and is a wise offense. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LOCKLESS DOOR by ROBERT FROST IN THE VALLEY OF THE ELWY by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS ODE ON INDOLENCE by JOHN KEATS THE CREMATION OF SAM MCGEE by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE IDYLLS OF THE KING: DEDICATION by ALFRED TENNYSON |