1. I've follow'd thee a year at least, And never stopt my selfe to rest. But yet can thee o'retake no more, Then this Day can the Day that went before. 2. In this our fortunes equall prove To Starres, which govern them above; Our Starres that move for ever round, With the same Distance still betwixt them found. 3. In vain, alas, in vain I strive The wheele of Fate faster to drive; Since if a round swiftlier it flye, She in it mends her pace as much as I. 4. Hearts by Love strangely shufled are, That there can never meet a Pare! Tamelier then Wormes are Lovers slaine; The wounded Heart ne're turnes to wound again. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FLORAL DECORATIONS FOR BANANAS by WALLACE STEVENS IN THE OLD SOUTH CHURCH; 1677 by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER DESCRIPTIONS by VIRGINIA A. ALLIN THE SEEKERS by LUCIA TREVITT AURYANSEN LOVE'S ARROW POISONED by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES MOON RIDER by WILLIAM ROSE BENET |