Venus, with young Adonis sitting by her Under a myrtle shade, began to woo him: She told the youngling how god Mars did try her, And as he fell to her, so fell she to him. "Even thus," quoth she, "the warlike god embraced me," And then she clipped Adonis in her arms; "Even thus," quoth she, "the warlike god unlaced me," As if the boy should use like loving charms; "Even thus," quoth she, "he seizéd on my lips," And with her lips on his did act the seizure: And as she fetchéd breath, away he skips, And would not take her meaning nor her pleasure. Ah, that I had my lady at this bay, To kiss and clip me till I run away! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PHILOSOPHER by EMILY JANE BRONTE A SPINSTER'S STINT by ALICE CARY A CHILD'S PET by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES WHAT OF THE DARKNESS?; TO THE HAPPY DEAD PEOPLE by RICHARD THOMAS LE GALLIENNE SCILLA'S METAMORPHOSIS: MELANCHOLY by THOMAS LODGE A SOUL; A STUDY by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE SUMMER IS ENDED (2) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI ADDRESS TO THE MUMMY AT BELZONI'S EXHIBITION by HORACE SMITH |