Oh, you are more desirable to me Than all I staked in an impulsive hour, Making my youth the sport of chance, to be Blighted or torn in its most perfect flower; For I think less of what that chance may bring Than how, before returning into fire, To make my dearest memory of the thing That is but now my ultimate desire. And in old times I should have prayed to her Whose haunt the groves of windy Cyprus were, To prosper me and crown with good success My will to make of you the rose-twined bowl From whose inebriating brim my soul Shall drink its last of earthly happiness. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A WOMAN'S ANSWER by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER ON THE PROJECTED KENDAL AND WINDERMERE RAILWAY by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH THE RE-CURED LOVER EXULTETH IN HIS FREEDOM by THOMAS WYATT PSALM 39, VERSE 5 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE |