III. A BABE was born to Beauty: the new care So deeply into her young heart descended, That little Love who long had triumphed there Began to fear his blissful reign was ended. But Beauty calmed the trembling boy and said, "Take, Love, this pretty stranger for your brother, Your empire is but strengthened, not decayed, Since now you rule the Mistress, Wife and Mother." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DEDICATION TO THE LATER SONNETS TO URANIA by GEORGE SANTAYANA IN A MYRTLE SHADE by WILLIAM BLAKE TWO WITCHES: 2. THE PAUPER WITCH OF GRAFTON by ROBERT FROST MY AUNT by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES SHADOWS by VICTOR GUSTAVE PLARR KARMA by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON STILL FALLS THE RAIN; THE RAIDS, 1940. NIGHT AND DAWN by EDITH SITWELL |