Virtue, beauty, and speech did strike, wound, charm My heart, eyes, ears with wonder, love, delight; First, second, last did bind, enforce, and arm His works, shows, suits with wit, grace, and vow's might. Thus, honor, liking, trust, much, far, and deep, Held, pierced, possessed, my judgment, sense, and will, Till wrong, contempt, deceit did grow, steal, creep, Bands, favor, faith to break, defile, and kill. Then grief, unkindness, proof, took, kindled, taught Well grounded, noble, due, spite, rage, disdain, But ah, alas! in vain my mind, sight, thought Doth him, his face, his words, leave, shun, refrain, For no thing, time, nor place can loose, quench, ease Mine own, embraced, sought, knot, fire, disease. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BOATS IN A FOG by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE BONNIE BLUE FLAG by ANNIE CHAMBERS KETCHUM THE WELCOME by FARID OD-DIN MOHAMMAD EBN EBRAHIM ATTAR THE STEAM-ENGINE: CANTO 10. THE RAILWAY BOOM, 1845 by T. BAKER A CONNOISSEUR by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN SONGS OF THE SEA CHILDREN: 118 by BLISS CARMAN |