WITH laughter always on the darkest day, She danced before the very face of dread, Starry companion of my mortal way, Pre-destined merrily to be my mate, With eyes as calm, she met the eyes of Fate: "For this it was that you and I were wed -- What else?" she smiled and said. Fair-weather wives are any man's to find, The pretty sisters of the butterfly, Gay when the sun is out, and skies are kind; The daughters of the rainbow all may win -- Pity their lovers when the sun goes in! @3Her@1 smiles are brightest 'neath the stormiest sky -- Thrice blest and all unworthy I! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVE IN TWILIGHT by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET QUA CURSUM VENTUS by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH WISHES TO HIS SUPPOSED MISTRESS by RICHARD CRASHAW MALVERN HILL [JULY 1, 1862] by HERMAN MELVILLE THE BLIND MEN AND THE ELEPHANT by JOHN GODFREY SAXE PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 77. AL-MUTAHALI by EDWIN ARNOLD THE HAPPY DAYS WHEN I WER YOUNG by WILLIAM BARNES |