Thou canst not die whilst any zeal abound In feeling hearts that can conceive these lines; Though thou, a Laura, hast no Petrarch found, In base attire yet clearly beauty shines. And I, though born in a colder clime, Do feel mine inward heat as great, I know it; He never had more faith, although more rhyme; I love as well, though he could better show it. But I may add one feather to thy fame To help her flight throughout the fairest isle; And if my pen could more enlarge thy name, Then shouldst thou live in an immortal style. But though that Laura better limned be, Suffice thou shalt be loved as well as she. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ONE WAY OF LOVE by ROBERT BROWNING WHEN DEY 'LISTED COLORED SOLDIERS by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR LESSER EPISTLES: TO A YOUNG LADY WITH SOME LAMPREYS by JOHN GAY AN EVENING LULL by WALT WHITMAN MEMORY by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS BEAUTY by KENNETH SLADE ALLING |