Though deep indifference should drowse The sluggish life beneath my brows, And all the external things I see Grow snow-showers in the street to me, Yet inmost in my stormy sense Thy looks shall be an influence. Though other loves may come and go And long years sever us below, Shall the thin ice that grows above Freeze the deep centre-well of love? No, still below light amours, thou Shalt rule me as thou rul'st me now. Year following year shall only set Fresh gems upon thy coronet; And Time, grown lover, shall delight To beautify thee in my sight; And thou shalt ever rule in me Crowned with the light of memory. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: EDITOR WHEDON by EDGAR LEE MASTERS HOME, SWEET HOME, FR. CLARI, THE MAID OF MILAN by JOHN HOWARD PAYNE A MORTIFYING MISTAKE by ANNA MARIA PRATT THE MENU by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH STANZAS ON THE DEATH OF A FRIEND by BERNARD BARTON EPITAPH ON A CAT by JOACHIM DU BELLAY THE END OF THE WORLD by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON |