NOT so that Pair whose youthful spirits dance With prompt emotion, urging them to pass; A sweet confusion checks the Shepherd-lass; Blushing she eyes the dizzy flood askance; To stop ashamed -- too timid to advance; She ventures once again -- another pause! His outstretched hand He tauntingly withdraws -- She sues for help with piteous utterance! Chidden she chides again; the thrilling touch Both feel, when he renews the wished-for aid: Ah! if their fluttering hearts should stir too much, Should beat too strongly, both may be betrayed. The frolic Loves, who, from yon high rock, see The struggle, clap their wings for victory! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO THE PEACOCK OF FRANCE by MARIANNE MOORE SONGS by RICHARD HENRY STODDARD SONG OF SLAVES IN THE DESERT by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER LILIES: 15 by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) IN MEMORY OF AGOSTINO ISOLA, OF CAMBRIDGE, WHO DIED 1797 by MATILDA BARBARA BETHAM-EDWARDS THIRD BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 24 by THOMAS CAMPION |