Plain as the glistering planets shine When winds have cleaned the skies, Her love appeared, appealed for mine, And wantoned in her eyes. Clear as the shining tapers burned On Cytherea's shrine, Those brimming, lustrous beauties turned, And called and conquered mine. The beacon-lamp that Hero lit No fairer shone on sea, No plainlier summoned will and wit, Than hers encouraged me. I thrilled to feel her influence near, I struck my flag at sight. Her starry silence smote my ear Like sudden drums at night. I ran as, at the cannon's roar, The troops the ramparts man''" As in the holy house of yore The willing Eli ran. Here, lady, lo! that servant stands You picked from passing men, And should you need nor heart nor hands He bows and goes again. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DAWN BEHIND NIGHT by ISAAC ROSENBERG MAN IN A ROOM by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS A MORNING THOUGHT by EDWARD ROWLAND SILL THE SILENT VOICES by ALFRED TENNYSON THE PERSIANS (PERSAE): SALAMIS - MESSENGER by AESCHYLUS IN MEMORIAM by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN A VERMONT BUTTERY by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY DOVER TO MUNICH by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY OUT OF THE SHADOWS: AN UNFINISHED SONNET-SEQUENCE 10 by JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER JR. |