Fair eyes, sweet lips, dear heart, that foolish I Could hope by Cupid's help on you to prey; Since to himself he doth your gifts apply. And his main force, choice sport, and easeful stay. For when he will see who dare him gainsay, Then with those eyes he looks; lo, by and by Each soul doth at love's feet his weapons lay, Glad if for her he give them leave to die. When he will play, then in her lips he is, Where, blushing red, that love's self doth them love, With either lip he doth the other kiss But when he will for quiet's sake remove From all the world, her heart is then his room, Where well he knows, no man to him can come. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ROAST BEEF OF OLD ENGLAND by HENRY FIELDING MAIDENHOOD by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW A WINTER PIECE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH NATALIA'S RESURRECTION: 14 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT THE BALL, 1789 by HENRY CUYLER BUNNER SONG: LOVER, IN DISGUISE OF AN AMAZON, DEARLY BELOVED OF HIS MISTRESS by THOMAS CAREW WARNEFORD, V.C. by HENRY CHAPPELL UPON THE FAIRE ETHIOPIAN SENT TO A GENTLEWOMAN by RICHARD CRASHAW |