LIKE children in a starry night, When I beheld those eyes before, I gaz'd with wonder and delight, Insensible of all their power. I play'd about the flame so long, At last I felt the scorching fire; My hopes were weak, my passion strong, And I lay dying with desire. By all the helps of humane art, I just recovered so much sense, As to avoid, with heavy heart, The fair, but fatal influence. But, since you shine away despair, And now my sighs no longer shun, No Persian in his zealous prayer So much adores the rising sun. If once again my vows displease, There never was so lost a lover; In love, that languishing disease, A sad relapse we ne'er recover. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LAST MAN: BONA DE MORTUIS by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES THE FOREST FIRE by GLADYS CROMWELL THE SILENCE OF LOVE by HAMILTON DRUMMOND TO A RIVER HORSE by FRANCIS LEO GALLAGHER FABLES: 1ST SER. 43. THE COUNCIL OF HORSES by JOHN GAY VERSES ON TEXTS: STILLNESS, ISA. 7, 4 by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL |