WHEN first before me she appeared, Her beauty well I saw; but that alone. But when her speech I heard, How she was more than fair was known, Her charms I praise, but more her mind approve, But never thought my soul she would enthral. Had I foreseen how deeply I should love, I never would have loved at all. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WHEN THE GREAT GRAY SHIPS COME IN [AUGUST 20, 1898] by GUY WETMORE CARRYL LEINSTER by LOUISE IMOGEN GUINEY SNEEZING by JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT CARLYLE AND EMERSON by MONTGOMERY SCHUYLER IMITATIONS OF SHAKESPEARE: A STORM by JOHN ARMSTRONG PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 86. AL-JAMI'H by EDWIN ARNOLD |