CHLOE is false, but the fire in her eyes Rouses her lovers with thousand sweet delusions; Caelia is true, and, too true to be wise, Breaks, like a dream, all their amorous illusions. Lovers are weak, and they ask not to know All that lies under the rose-leaves and the laughter; Wisdom may call, but to pleasure they go, Caelia they honour, but Chloe they run after. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOLY POEMS: 1 by GEORGE BARKER ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD by THOMAS GRAY TO CERTAIN POETS by ALFRED JOYCE KILMER THERMOPYLAE by SIMONIDES OF CEOS DIFFERENT MINDS by RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 32. THERE'S NO DEFENCE AGAINST LOVE by PHILIP AYRES |