Now there has come to pass the thing I feared, By which I am persuaded to desire Your body's near acquaintance, and take fire From looking on your flesh -- you are endeared To me for no more noble cause than this. Moreover, I have felt as much -- and more -- Not once or twice but many times before, And you are one that I should scarcely miss. Yet for a time you are vouchsafed such power To interrupt my brain and roil my blood As one would hardly credit; for this hour I stand as other hours I have stood, My back against the wall and breathing fast, Dizzy and sick until the fit has passed. |