IN what celestial sphere, by whom inspired, Did Nature find the cast from which she drew This lovely face wherein she hath aspired To manifest below what Heaven can do? Upon the breeze these tresses of pure gold What goddess of the woods, what water-fay Hath lavished thus? What other heart could hold These virtues which have made my life their prey? Of godly beauty he is unaware Who hath not gazed into my Lady's eyes, Nor gathered her sweet glances here on earth; He knoweth not Love's Hell nor Paradise Who never heard her sighs as light as air, The gende music of her speech and mirth. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SURFACES AND MASKS; 4 by CLARENCE MAJOR THE WALL STREET PIT, MAY, 1901 by EDWIN MARKHAM SOLOMON TO SHEBA by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE LAWYER'S WAYS by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR DAFFY-DOWN-DILLY [OR, DAFFYDOWNDILLY] by MOTHER GOOSE BALLAD: THE THINGS OF NO ACCOUNT by FRANCOIS VILLON |