Oh, be not grieved that these my papers should Bewray unto the world how fair thou art, Or that my wits have showed the best they could The chastest flame that ever warmed heart. Think not, sweet Delia, this shall be thy shame, My muse should sound thy praise with mournful warble; How many live, the glory of whose name Shall rest in ice, when thine is graved in marble. Thou mayst in after ages live esteemed, Unburied in these lines, reserved in pureness; These shall entomb those eyes that have redeemed Me from the vulgar, thee from all obscureness. Although my careful accents never moved thee, Yet count it no disgrace that I have loved thee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AUSPEX by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL HYMN OF THE WEST by EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN A POINT OF VIEW by LETITIA A. BRACE INTRODUCTION TO A LADY'S ALBUM by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD MASQUE AT THE MARRIAGE OF THE EARL OF SOMERSET: CHORUS (1) by THOMAS CAMPION |