COME not too near! yon glory circled Star Too closely scanned might prove but common earth: Safer to gleam divinely from afar Than risk the glamour of a heavenly birth: Come not too near! Keep not too far! the lustre of yon Sphere Is faint till twilight; 'tis so far away: Perchance 'twould glisten earlier, if near. Shine not at eve alone, but all my day! Keep not too far! Stay as thou art! Love's telescope shall clear Thine aureole enough to gauge the worth Of thy humanity: yet would I peer Not as one keen to measure fault or dearth. Stay as thou art! Let me revere! lest frightened Love depart: Better my heaven her pearly ports should bar Than aught be visioned by this wistful heart That seems her pure serenity to mar. Let me revere! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DRIVING INTO LARAMIE by JAMES GALVIN A ROUGH RHYME ON A ROUGH MATTER; THE ENGLISH GAME LAWS by CHARLES KINGSLEY A WAYFARING SONG by HENRY VAN DYKE TO S.M., A YOUNG AFRICAN PAINTER, ON SEEING HIS WORKS by PHILLIS WHEATLEY MOON AND VENUS by ABUL MUGHIRA |