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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET, by FELIX ARVERS First Line: There is a secret shrined within my soul Last Line: "who is this lady?"" she would calmly say!" | |||
There is a secret shrined within my soul, A deathless love, in one brief moment born, A hopeless passion that I must control And hide from her to whom its vows are sworn. Yes! I must pass unnoticed by her eye, Close by her side, consumed by lonely thought, And shrouding still my secret I shall die, By naught rewarded having sued for naught. But she—though God has dower'd her with a sweet And tender nature—knows not that her feet Lure me to follow her where'er they stray: Too pure to dream her love can be desired— Were she to read these lines she has inspired, "Who is this lady?" she would calmly say! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THIRD BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 7. OF PLEASURE AND PAIN by THOMAS CAMPION HASTE NOT! REST NOT! by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE SONNET: THE RARITY OF GENIUS by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THEN AND NOW by JEAN JACQUES ANTOINE AMPERE EMBLEMS OF LOVE: CUPID TO CHLOE WEEPING; A SONNET by PHILIP AYRES LILIES: 20. 'SOME DAY I WILL TELL YOU' by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |
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