TIME stands still with gazing on her face; Stand still and gaze for minutes, hours, and years, to give her place: All other things shall change, but she remains the same, Till Heavens changed have their course, and Time hath lost his name. Cupid doth hover up and down blinded with her fair eyes, And fortune captive at her feet contemned and conquered lies. When fortune, love and time attend on Her with my fortunes, love and time, I honour will alone, If bloodless envy say, duty hath no desert: Duty replies that envy knows herself his faithful heart, My settled vows and spotless faith no fortune can remove; Courage shall shew my inward faith, and faith shall try my love. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THINGS ARE WHAT THEY SEEM by MARIANNE MOORE A PROPER NEW BALLAD [ENTITLED THE FAIRIES' FAREWELL] by RICHARD CORBET VENI CREATOR SPIRITUS by GREGORY I THE BUGLER'S FIRST COMMUNION by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS ON A BOY'S FIRST READING OF THE PLAY OF 'KING HENRY THE FIFTH' by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL THE RAGGEDY MAN by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY |