AH, might each instant be a kiss As Beauty ever counts them, for In her perfection dwells such bliss Continuance only makes it more! Without alarm, without regret, She leans from @3now@1 into @3not yet,@1 So t'ward deep water naiad slopes, Shoots out of depth, with push of toe, And, trailing comeliness, aglow Launches her smile to follow Hope's, Braves the vast cold unplumbed abyss, Shudders from heel to nape, then swims With lengthy placid stroke and is Completely tranced through mind and limbs; No fleck of doubt, no hint of fear Troubles an eye like a glad tear Filled with diminutive azure noon: And every foundered soul conceives, Watching the dazzling wake she leaves, How even life at poise were boon! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CLASS SONG (WHICH WILL BE SUNG ON THE 22ND OF FEBRUARY) by GEORGE SANTAYANA SONNET (6) by GEORGE SANTAYANA CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE WORKHOUSE by GEORGE ROBERT SIMS THE MEMORY OF THE HEART by DANIEL WEBSTER NIGHT LAUGHTER by LEONARD BACON (1887-1954) THE LAST MAN: BONA DE MORTUIS by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES NATALIA'S RESURRECTION: 29 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT THE LOVE SONNETS OF PROTEUS: 89. THE LIMIT OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |