STAY, fairest Chariessa, stay and mark This animated gem, whose fainter spark Of fading light its birth had from the dark. A Star thought by the erring passenger, Which falling from its native orb dropt here, And makes the earth (its centre) now its sphere. Should many of these sparks together be, He that the unknown light far off should see, Would think it a terrestrial Galaxy. Take 't up, fair Saint; see how it mocks thy fright! The paler flame doth not yield heat, though light, Which thus deceives thy reason, through thy sight. But see how quickly it (ta'en up) doth fade, To shine in darkness only being made, By th' brightness of thy light turn'd to a shade; And burnt to ashes by thy flamjng eyes, On the chaste altar of thy hand it dies, As to thy greater light a sacrifice. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO A FAT LADY SEEN FROM THE TRAIN by FRANCES CROFTS DARWIN CORNFORD BRONX, 1818 by JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: BRIDAL SONG AND DIRGE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES IDYLL 15. THE EPITHALAMIUM OF ACHILLES AND DEIDAMIA by BION POETS AND POETS by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN |