LONG betwixt Love and fear @3Phillis@1 tormented Shun'd her own wish yet at last she consented: But loath that day shou'd her Blushes discover, Come, gentle Night She said, Come quickly to my aid, And a poor Shamefac'd Maid Hide from her Lover. Now cold as Ice I am, now hot as Fire, I dare not tell my self my own desire; But let Day fly away, and let Night haste her: Grant ye kind Powers above, Slow Hours to parting Love, But when to Bliss we move, Bid 'em fly faster. How sweet it is to Love when I discover That Fire which burns my Heart warming my Lover; 'Tis Pity Love so true shou'd be mistaken: But if this Night he be False or unkinde to me, Let me dye ere I see That I'm forsaken. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY COMFORTER by EMILY JANE BRONTE SONGS ON THE VOICES OF BIRDS; SEA-MEWS IN WINTER TIME by JEAN INGELOW RUTH by CECIL FRANCES ALEXANDER THE MOUNT OF OLIVES, SELECTION by ANEIRIN PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 88. AL-MUGHNI by EDWIN ARNOLD |