SWEET, come again! Your happy sight, so much desired, Since you from hence are now retired, I seek in vain: Still must I mourn And pine in longing pain, Till you, my life's delight, again Vouchsafe your wished return. If true desire, Or faithful vow of endless love, Thy heart inflamed may kindly move With equal fire; O then my joys, So long distraught, shall rest, Reposed soft in thy chaste breast, Exempt from all annoys. You had the power My wandering thoughts first to restrain, You first did hear my love speak plain! A child before, Now it is grown Confirmed, do you it keep, And let it safe in your bosom sleep, There ever made your own! And till we meet, Teach absence inward art to find, Both to disturb and please the mind. Such thoughts are sweet: And such remain In hearts whose flames are true; Then such will I retain, till you To me return again. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...YOU KNOW WHAT PEOPLE SAY by JAMES GALVIN THE BLACK REGIMENT by GEORGE HENRY BOKER SONNET: 110 by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE LINES ON THE MONUMENT OF GIUSEPPE MAZZINI by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE THE EBB AND FLOW by EDWARD TAYLOR |