Out, traitor absence; darest thou counsel me From my dear captainess to run away, Because in brave array here marcheth she That to win me, oft shows a present pay? Is faith so weak? Or is such force in thee? When sun is hid, can stars such beams display? Cannot heaven's food, once felt, keep stomachs free From base desire on earthly cates to prey? Tush, absence; while thy mists eclipse that light, My orphan sense flies to the inward sight, Where memory sets forth the beams of love; That where before heart loved and eyes did see, In heart both sight and love now coupled be; United powers make each the stronger be. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ROOM OF MIRRORS by EDGAR LEE MASTERS A SUMMER EVENING'S MEDITATION by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD THE CAT by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES EMERSON by MARY ELIZABETH MAPES DODGE THE MOWER'S SONG by ANDREW MARVELL SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: FIDDLER JONES by EDGAR LEE MASTERS BILLY IN THE DARBIES, FR. BILLY BUDD by HERMAN MELVILLE |