"BEAUTIFUL nymph all white with fear, Stay with me, share with me, dream with me here, A night, a month, a year!" "Shepherd, shepherd, I am loved; I am cursed! And the woes to be suffered may yet be the worst." "Corals have I who dwell in a cave; White trembler, though brown as a rock, I am brave; Break over my breast, sad wave!" "Fisher, fisher, I am chased; I am blessed! But the joys as yet tasted are far from the best." "Her youth peeped through her tattered cloak! She was white; we are black, we Ethiop folk; She shuddered when we spoke!" "Great Zeus, great Zeus! I am thine, I am pure! Thy touch but not theirs will my soul endure!" "White Cloud, no more driven! O Feminine Youth, Rest! oaks at Dodona have told thee the truth, Behold I fondle and soothe!" "Grandly, grandly I am loved, I am kissed! Above me the eyes of the stars all mist! A warm wind sighs; Egypt, our noble bed, Hushed nuptial and secret lies; I am sure, I can feel that my cheeks are red.. Are kissed and red!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HE WROTE THE HISTORY BOOK,' IT SAID by MARIANNE MOORE MONNA INNOMINATA, A SONNET OF SONNETS: 1 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI SONG FOR ALL SEAS, ALL SHIPS by WALT WHITMAN THESEUS, SELECTION by BACCHYLIDES LINES PLACED OVER A CHIMNEY-PIECE by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |