CAST, Chariessa, cast that glass away, Nor in its crystal face thine own survey. What can be free from Love's imperious laws When painted shadows real flames can cause? The fires may burn thee from this mirror rise By the reflected beams of thine own eyes; And thus at last, fallen with thyself in love, Thou wilt my rival, thine own martyr prove. But if thou dost desire thy form to view, Look in my heart where Love thy picture drew; And then, if pleased with thine own shape thou be, Learn how to love thyself in loving me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HAPPIEST HEART by JOHN VANCE CHENEY A TEAMSTER'S FAREWELL by CARL SANDBURG NORTHERN FARMER, OLD STYLE by ALFRED TENNYSON SPORTSMEN IN PARADISE by T. P. CAMERON WILSON PROMETHEUS BOUND: THE OVERTHROW OF ZEUS by AESCHYLUS TO AN ETHICAL PREACHER by BRENT DOW ALLINSON |