HER rosy cheeks, her ever-smiling eyes, Are spheres and beds where Love in triumph lies: Her rubine lips, when they their pearl unlock, Make them seem as they did rise All out of one smooth coral rock. O that of other creatures' store I knew More worthy and more rare! For these are old, and she so new, That her to them none should compare O could she love! would she but hear a friend! Or that she only knew what sighs pretend! Her looks inflame, yet cold as ice is she. Do or speak, all's to one end, For what she is that will she be. Yet will I never cease her praise to sing. Though she gives no regard: For they that grace a worthless thing Are only greedy of reward. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CELSUS AT HADRIAN'S VILLA by EDGAR LEE MASTERS MOTLEY by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE THE TIDE OF FAITH by MARY ANN EVANS GEORGE MOSES HORTON, MYSELF by GEORGE MOSES HORTON FATHER LAND AND MOTHER TONGUE by SAMUEL LOVER SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 41. TO THE 'UNKNOWABLE' GOD by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |