LOOK how the golden ocean shines above Its pebbly stones, and magnifies their girth; So does the bright and blessed light of Love Its own things glorify, and raise their worth. As weeds seem flowers beneath the flattering brine, And stones like gems, and gems as gems indeed, Ev'n so our tokens shine; nay, they outshine Pebbles and pearls, and gems and coral weed; For where be ocean waves but half so clear, So calmly constant, and so kindly warm, As Love's most mild and glowing atmosphere, That hath no dregs to be upturn'd by storm? Thus, sweet, thy gracious gifts are gifts of price, And more than gold to doting Avarice. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ETHELSTAN: RUNILDA'S CHANT by GEORGE DARLEY CHRISMUS IS A-COMIN' by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR ODE FOR MEMORIAL DAY by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR HORATIUS [AT THE BRIDGE], FR. LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME by THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY RONDEL by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE TO IRELAND IN THE COMING TIMES by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE GODODDIN: CONAN by ANEIRIN CLIO, NINE ECLOGUES IN HONOUR OF NINE VIRTUES: 9. OF HUMILITY by WILLIAM BASSE |