SHADE not the light within thine eyes, The wondrous light within thine eyes; The Sun is all too fierce to hold Light such as that within thine eyes, -- Yet is the passion of his warmth Less deep than that within thine eyes; The Moon is all too cold to wear Light such as that within thine eyes, -- Yet is her flame less silver-clear Than that which glows within thine eyes. Thou art my Heaven; my Sun and Moon Are the mere light within thine eyes; Nature, that gave the world those orbs, Gave me the light within thine eyes; -- I, and I only, can repose Within the light within thine eyes; Oh! Leila, what would be my gloom, Without the light within thine eyes? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BALLAD MADE AT THE REQUEST OF HIS MOTHER .. PRAY TO OUR LADY by FRANCOIS VILLON AUTUMN (1) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI TO GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, ESQ., ON SEEING HIS PICTURE ... by MATTHEW ARNOLD SONNETS ON EMINENT CHARACTERS: 3. PRIESTLEY by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |