@3Chariessa.@1 WHAT if Night Should betray us, and reveal To the light All the pleasures that we steal? @3Philocharis.@1 Fairest, we Safely may this fear despise; How can She See our actions who wants eyes? @3Chariessa.@1 Each dim star And the clearer lights, we know, Night's eyes are; They were blind that thought her so! @3Philocharis.@1 Those pale fires Only burn to yield a light T' our desires, And though blind, to give us sight. @3Chariessa.@1 By this shade That surrounds us might our flame Be betray'd, And the day disclose its name. @3Philocharis.@1 Dearest Fair, These dark witnesses we find Silent are; Night is dumb as well as blind. @3Chorus.@1 Then whilst these black shades conceal us, We will scorn Th' envious Morn, And the Sun that would reveal us. Our flames shall thus their mutual light betray, And night, with these joys crown'd, outshine the day. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 47. BROKEN MUSIC by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI THE CORAL INSECT by LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY HOUSEHOLD POEMS: 1. BRONWEN by PHILIP EDWARD THOMAS LET US HAVE PEACE by NANCY BYRD TURNER ERRING IN COMPANY by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS PSALM 58 (VERSION 2) by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE THE TOWERS OF PRINCETON [FROM THE TRAIN] by ROBERT BRIDGES (1858-1941) |