My Love is sailed, against Dislike to fight, Which, like vild monster, threatens his decay: The ship is Hope, which, by Desire's great might, Is swiftly borne towards the wished bay: The company which with my Love doth fare, Though met in one, is a dissenting crew: They are Joy, Grief, and never-sleeping Care, And Doubt, which ne'er believes good news for true Black Fear the flag is, which my ship doth bear, Which, Dear, take down, if my Love victor be: And let white Comfort in his place appear, When Love victoriously returns to me; Lest I from rock Despair come tumbling down, And in a sea of tears be forced to drown. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A STORM IN THE DISTANCE (AMONG THE GEORGIAN HILLS) by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE TWILIGHT by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW I HAVE PRAYED by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS EPIPHANIE CAROL by JOSEPH BEAUMONT MY VOCATION by PIERRE JEAN DE BERANGER |