Send home my long strayd eyes to mee, Which (Oh) too long have dwelt on thee; Yet since there they have learn'd such ill, Such forc'd fashions, And false passions, That they be Made by thee Fit for no good sight, keep them still. Send home my harmlesse heart againe, Which no unworthy thought could staine; But if it be taught by thine To make jestings Of protestings, And crosse both Word and oath, Keepe it, for then 'tis none of mine. Yet send me back my heart and eyes, That I may know, and see thy lyes, And may laugh and joy, when thou Art in anguish And dost languish For some one That will none, Or prove as false as thou art now. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WHEN I BUY PICTURES by MARIANNE MOORE THE SHEPHEARDES CALENDER: APRIL by EDMUND SPENSER A STREET SKETCH by JOSEPH ASHBY-STERRY FALLING STARS by PIERRE JEAN DE BERANGER A LEAVE-TAKING: 1 by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE LAMENT OF MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS, ON THE APPROACH OF SPRING by ROBERT BURNS |