PAIN and sorrow shall vanish before us, Youth may wither, but feeling will last: All the shadow that e'er shall fall o'er us, Love's light summer-cloud sweetly shall cast. Oh! if to love thee more Each hour I number o'er; If this a passion be Worthy of thee, Then, be happy, for thus I adore thee. Charms may wither, but feeling will last; All the shadow that e'er shall fall o'er thee, Love's light summer-cloud sweetly shall cast. Rest, dear bosom! no sorrow shall pain thee, Sighs of pleasure alone shalt thou steal; Beam, bright eyelid! no weeping shall stain thee, Tears of rapture alone thou shalt feel. Oh! if there be a charm In love to banish harm; If pleasure's truest spell Be to love well, Then, be happy, for thus I adore thee. Charms may wither, but feeling will last; All the shadow that e'er shall fall o'er thee, Love's light summer-cloud sweetly shall cast. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENVOYS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON MONNA INNOMINATA, A SONNET OF SONNETS: 7 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI A GIFT OF SPRING by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 29. CHRIST AND ENGLAND by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) TWELVE SONNETS: 3. THE VALLEY ROSES by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) THEN AND NOW by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON THE LOVE SONNETS OF PROTEUS: 34. REMINDING HER OF A PROMISE (1) by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |