"THEY give but never promise." Due to the frailty of our nature is it That human spouses promise. In gods joy dreads not but greets danger, is Intensified by solitude: Being the simplest, surest, purest, Most persuasive and securest Self-assertion; Delicate as gorgeous mealy wings are, Brave as hymns that lark up-towered sings are. Self-desertion, Impossible to joy, Never tempted god alloy Fidelity to good, because He or she deserted was. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FORGOTTEN TUNE by PAUL VERLAINE THE INDIAN EMPEROR: SONG by JOHN DRYDEN THE BRITISH CHURCH by GEORGE HERBERT MY LOST YOUTH by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 7 by OMAR KHAYYAM SYMPATHY by HENRY DAVID THOREAU THE MOTHER'S LAMENT by ST. CLAIR ADAMS |