SEE how the twilight slumber falls To obscure the glory of those balls And as she sleeps See how light creeps Through the chinks, and beautifies The rayey fringe of her fair eyes. Observe love's feuds, how fast they fly To every heart from her closed eye: What then will she, When waking be A glowing light for all to admire Such as would set the world on fire. Then seal her eyelids, gentle sleep, While cares of her mine open keep: Lock up, I say. Those doors Which with the morn for lustre strive That I may look on her and live. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OUR LORD AND OUR LADY by HILAIRE BELLOC BIANCA AMONG THE NIGHTINGALES by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE SCARE-FIRE by ROBERT HERRICK AT BETHLEHEM: 1. THE CHILD by JOHN BANISTER TABB A VOICE PROPHETIC by WALT WHITMAN TORRISMOND; AN UNFINISHED DRAMA by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |