Eyes that sought my eyes, an-hungered, as a fire; Hands that sought and caught my hands in their desire; Hands and eyes that clipt and lipt me as a hungering fire! But I turned away from your ecstatic eyes, But my heart was silent to your eager sighs, But I turned to other eyes from your imploring eyes. Hands that I rejected, you were fain to give; Eyes that for their moment loved me, as I live; Mouth that kissed me: Flora of the Eden, O forgive! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE COUNTESS CATHLEEN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS A PROPER NEW BALLAD [ENTITLED THE FAIRIES' FAREWELL] by RICHARD CORBET ELEONORA; A PANEGYRICAL POEM by JOHN DRYDEN PUTTING IN THE SEED by ROBERT FROST SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: MRS. BENJAMIN PANTIER by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE BELFRY PIGEON by NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS |