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TO MYRA by JAMES THOMSON (1700-1748)

Poet Analysis

First Line: O THOU, WHOSE TENDER SERIOUS EYES
Last Line: AND LET ME, MYRA, DIE OF THEE!

O thou, whose tender serious eyes
Expressive speak the mind I love;
The gentle azure of the skies,
The pensive shadows of the grove:

O mix their beauteous beams with mine,
And let us interchange our hearts;
Let all their sweetness on me shine;
Pour'd through my soul be all their darts.

Ah! 'tis too much! I cannot bear
At once so soft, so keen a ray:
In pity then, my lovely fair,
O turn those killing eyes away!

But what avails it to conceal
One charm, where nought but charms I see?
Their lustre then again reveal,
And let me, Myra, die of thee!



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