Had I a secret plan by which, In pressing a small button, I Could wreck this world entire -- would not That button, with a snake's bright eye, Flutter my bird-like finger down, Till I, bewitched and uncontrolled, Must press with sudden impulse, and -- Good-bye, my pretty world! If Dinah knew how great my love is, My worship of her small white face, Which deserts of grim silence hide, And many a waste of commonplace -- Would she not serve me some mad trick, To test my passion's utmost power, And break that silent world of love In one weak foolish hour? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BUCOLIC COMEDY: THE DOLL by EDITH SITWELL THE VOLUNTEER by HERBERT HENRY ASQUITH EPISTLE TO JAMES SMITH by ROBERT BURNS ON PARTING by GEORGE GORDON BYRON OLNEY HYMNS: 35. LIGHT SHINING OUT OF DARKNESS by WILLIAM COWPER CHANSON INNOCENTE: 1, FR. TULIPS by EDWARD ESTLIN CUMMINGS SPRING [IN WAR-TIME] by HENRY TIMROD |