I WHY did I ever see those glorious eyes My famish'd soul to tantalize? I hop'd for Heav'n, which I had lately seen, But ne'er perceiv'd the gulf between: In vain for bliss did my presumptions seek, My love so strong I could not hold my tongue, My heart so feeble that I durst not speak. II. Yet why do I my constitution blame, Since all my heart is out of frame? 'Twere better, sure, my passion to appease, With hope to palliate my disease: And 'twill be something like tranquillity, To hope for that I must not compass yet, And make a virtue of necessity. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RUSSIAN ARMY GOES INTO BAKU by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER THE FIRST LESSON by EMILY DICKINSON SONNET OF HIS LADY IN HEAVEN by JACOPO DA LENTINO WHO SEEKS THE KING by LARENE KING BLEECKER A NEW PILGRIMAGE: 7 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT THE INCUNABULUM'S TALE by CHARLES WILLIAM BRODRIBB |