Hearing his courtesies Blissfully smiling did she her eyes abash. By his praise in a confusion of her heart Raised up, she lifted up her eyes to his, But found no single word to make a start, Striving all to express in one packed voicing. Out of her scented sash The charm she took, unsparing, and he rejoicing Received it in his hands: at his desire She would have plucked the very life from her breast And given it him, such bright and beautiful fire On Jason's yellow hair, Love's influence, played. The flashings of her eyes he captive made, And all her heart its secret warmth discloses, Melting like morning dew upon the roses That warm day melts; and now Shyly they to the ground their eyes abase, And now gaze at each other face to face, Each smiling love under a shining brow. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OLD TRAILS by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON DISCORDANTS: 1 by CONRAD AIKEN MEETING AT NIGHT by ROBERT BROWNING AN INTERVIEW WITH MILES STANDISH by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL THESE ENDURE by MARION H. ADDINGTON THE WORLD'S TRIUMPHS by MATTHEW ARNOLD |