Diaphenia, like the daffadowndilly White as the sun, fair as the lily, Heigh ho, how I do love thee! I do love thee as my lambs Are beloved of their dams; How blest were I if thou would'st prove me! Diaphenia, like the spreading roses, That in thy sweets all sweets encloses, Fair sweet, how I do love thee! I do love thee as each flower Loves the sun's life-giving power; For dead, thy breath to life might move me. Diaphenia, like to all things blessed When all thy praises are expressed, Dear joy, how I do love thee! As the birds do love the spring, Or the bees their careful king: Then in requite, sweet virgin, love me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FONTAINEBLEAU (AUTUMN) by SARA TEASDALE A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 12. A RENUNCIATION by THOMAS CAMPION UPON JULIA'S CLOTHES by ROBERT HERRICK A MAN BY THE NAME OF BOLUS by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY DEATH AND THE LADY; THEIR BARGAIN TOLD AGAIN by LEONIE ADAMS FOR EVER AND EVERMORE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |