Th'ast dar'd too farre; but Furie now forbeare To give the least disturbance to her haire: But lesse presume to lay a Plait upon Her skins most smooth, and cleare expansion. 'Tis like a Lawnie-Firmament as yet Quite dispossest of either fray, or fret. Come thou not neere that Filmne so finely spred, Where no one piece is yet unlevelled. This if thou dost, woe to thee Furie, woe, Ile send such Frost, such Haile, such Sleet, and Snow, Such Flesh-quakes, Palsies, and such fears as shall Dead thee to th' most, if not destroy thee all. And thou a thousand thousand times shalt be More shak't thy selfe, then she is scorch't by thee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AMERICAN NAMES by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET THE TWO WIVES by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS THE FLYING DUTCHMAN by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON LUCERNE by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES EXTEMPORANEOUS EFFUSION by ROBERT BURNS EPOGRAM; LINES WRITTEN ON A WINDOW AT THE KING'S ARMS, DUMFRIES by ROBERT BURNS |