IF amorous faith, a heart of guileless ways, Soft languors, courteously controlled desire, And virtuous will, kindled with noble fire, And lengthened wanderings in a lightless maze; If thoughts, which evermore the brow displays, Or words that faint and brokenly suspire, Still checked with fear and shame; if hues no higher Than the pale violet hath, or love displays; If holding some one than one's self more dear, If sorrowing and sighing evermore, If chewing grief, and rage, and many a cross, If burning far away, and freezing near, Are signs that Love consumes me to the core, Yours, lady, is the fault and mine the loss. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LETTER TO MAXINE SULLIVAN by HAYDEN CARRUTH ALL GOATS by ELIZABETH JANE COATSWORTH THE FIVE STUDENTS by THOMAS HARDY MONODY ON THE ASTOR HOUSE by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS TO HIMSELF; AN ODE by ANACREON THE MOTHER-FAITH by EVERARD JACK APPLETON |