HEAR, ye virgins, and I'll teach What the times of old did preach. Rosamond was in a bower Kept, as Danae, in a tower; But yet Love, who subtle is. Crept to that, and came to this. Be ye locked up like to these, Or the rich Hesperides: Or those babies in your eyes, In their crystal nunneries; Notwithstanding, love will win, Or else force a passage in; And as coy be as you can, Gifts will get ye, or the man. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOMAGE TO SEXTUS PROPERTIUS: 8 by EZRA POUND PENITENTIAL PSALM: 6. DOMINE NE IN FURORE by THOMAS WYATT SELF-DEPENDENCE by MATTHEW ARNOLD CAELICA: 100 by FULKE GREVILLE THE GRASS STEALERS by J. MURRAY ALLISON EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 21. 'TIS CONSTANCY THAT GAINS THE PRIZE by PHILIP AYRES |