Come, gentle God of soft desire, Come and possess my happy breast, Not fury-like in flames and fire, Or frantic folly's wildness drest; But come in friendship's angel-guise; Yet dearer thou than friendship art, More tender spirit in thy eyes, More sweet emotions at thy heart. O, come with goodness in thy train, With peace and pleasure void of storm; And wouldst thou me for ever gain, Put on Amanda's winning form. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO SPAIN - A LAST WORD by EDITH MATILDA THOMAS A FAERY SONG, SUNG BY THE PEOPLE OF FAERY OVER DIARMUID by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 23. AL-KHAFIZ by EDWIN ARNOLD PSALM 88 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE THE LIFE THAT IS by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT THE NEGLECTED HEART by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON GRANDFATHER WATTS'S PRIVATE FOURTH by HENRY CUYLER BUNNER |