How can the sweetness of a gentle mind Pall on thy spirit? say, it is not so; Her eyes are mournful and her sorrows flow, For that she fears her hands have fail'd to bind The tie of mutual wishes round thy heart; Thy faith was given, thy promise made a part Of the pure office which confirm'd her thine; Oh, do not thou annul that rite divine, Nor bid such promise swell the tinsel-mart Of empty shows, unmeaning types and vain - But teach thy wife to nurse her hopes again In love returning, never to depart; For nothing festers like a broken vow, Which wrecks another's peace and blights another's brow. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EGERTON MANUSCRIPT: 104. JOPAS'S SONG by THOMAS WYATT THE RIDE-BY-NIGHTS by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE A BED OF FORGET-ME-NOTS by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI PREPARATORY MEDITATIONS, 2D SERIES: 3 by EDWARD TAYLOR FIDELIA: 4. THE AUTHOR'S RESOLUTION IN A SONNET by GEORGE WITHER |