Mistress of green in flowers arrayed Alluring all my heart away Replete with glory not to fade Yet flourish in eternal May -- Eternalized by distant fame -- Void of a shade in bloom divine -- Pleasures await thy sacred name Or bid thee still proceed (s) to shine Who has surpassed thy heavenly mein Expression will forbear to tell Like thee not one I yet have seen Let all adore thee lovely belle So let our names togather blend In floods of union to the end Or flow togather soul in soul Nor distance break the soft control -- How pleasing is the thought to me A thought of such a nymph as thee Reverts my language into song That flows delightful soft along -- Return to me a soft reply On which I must with joy rely Give me thy hand and then thy heart Entirely mingled not to part Relume the tapor near expired Seeking a friend so long desired -- | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WEARY BLUES by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES SONNET: 24. THE STREET by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL UNDERSTANDING by NIXON WATERMAN THE YEAR OF JUBILEE by HENRY CLAY WORK A CONSISTENT GIRL by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS THE CEREMONY OF THE PRINTER'S APPRENTICE; A GERMAN MORALITY PLAY by WILLAM BLADES MASQUE AT THE MARRIAGE OF THE LORD HAYES: TO THEOPHILUS HOWARD by THOMAS CAMPION |