When I was forced from Stella, ever dear, Stella, food of my thoughts, heart of my heart, Stella, whose eyes make all my tempests clear, By iron laws of duty to depart; Alas, I found that she with me did smart, I saw that tears did in her eyes appear; I saw that sighs her sweetest lips did part, And her sad words my sadded sense did hear. For me, I wept, to see pearls scattered so; I sighed her sighs, and wailed for her woe; Yet swam in joy, such love in her was seen. Thus while th'effect most bitter was to me, And nothing than the cause more sweet could be, I had been vexed, if vexed I had not been. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AT CASTLE WOOD by EMILY JANE BRONTE HOLY WILLIE'S PRAYER by ROBERT BURNS EIGHT O'CLOCK by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN BAVARIAN GENTIANS by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE DOVE RIVER ANTHOLOGY, BY OWN WILLIAM WORDSWORTH: LUCY GRAY by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS THE ARGONAUTS (ARGONATUICA): MEDEA'S DREAM by APOLLONIUS RHODIUS A NYMPH TO A YOUNG SHEPHERD, INSENSIBLE OF LOVE by PHILIP AYRES |