NOT even once have I looked on thy face; Yet when all cloudless beams the sky's blue space, I think as deep, as pure, serene, and clear, Thine eyes may be as this fair azure sphere. When earth in all her pomp of bloom beguiles, And from each flower-cup an angel smiles, When breath of love through all the world goes forth, I think e'en thus bewitching is thy mouth. All beauty which the heav'n and earth enfold, I could, O noble Queen, in thee behold! In very joy and rapture I must weep, Because the earth and heaven in thee tryst keep. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LITTLE BLACK-EYED REBEL by WILLIAM MCKENDREE CARLETON THE CHARACTER OF A GOOD PARSON by GEOFFREY CHAUCER ROBIN HOOD, TO A FRIEND by JOHN KEATS ON CHLORIS WALKING IN THE SNOW by WILLIAM STRODE SONNET by KATHARINE REBECCA ADAMS PASTEL by MARSDON GILFORD ALBRITTON A CHARACTER by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES |