SIGHING and languishing I lay, A stranger grown to all delight, Passing with tedious thoughts the day, And with unquiet dreams the night. For your dear sake, my only care Was how my fatal love to hide; For ever drooping with despair, Neglecting all the world beside: Till, like some angel from above, Cornelia came to my relief; And then I found the joys of love Can make amends for all the grief. Those pleasing hopes I now pursue, Might fail, if you could prove unjust; But promises from heaven and you, Who is so impious to mistrust? Here all my doubts and troubles end; One tender word my soul assures; Now am I vain, since I depend Not on mine own desert, but yours. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MORNING by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR LOVE IN THE WINDS by RICHARD HOVEY THE MALDIVE SHARK by HERMAN MELVILLE STRANGE MEETINGS: 10 by HAROLD MONRO POMONA by WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896) A LONDON FETE by COVENTRY KERSEY DIGHTON PATMORE |