When first mine eyes did view and mark Thy fair beauty to behold; And when mine ears listened to hark The pleasant words that thou me told, I would as then I had been free From ears to hear and eyes to see. And when my lips gan first to move, Whereby my heart to thee was known; And when my tongue did talk of love To thee that hast true love down thrown: I would my lips and tongue also Had then been dumb, no deal to go. And when my hands have handled aught That thee hath kept in memory; And when my feet have gone, and sought To find and get thy company, I would each hand a foot had been, And I each foot a hand had seen. And when in mind I did consent To follow this my fancy's will; And when my heart did first relent To taste such bait, my life to spill, I would my heart had been as thine, Or else thy heart had been as mine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MOTHER by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON GHOSTS OF THE OLD YEAR by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON HER EYES TWIN POOLS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: ALFRED MOIR by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: COLUMBUS CHENEY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS NORTH WIND TO DUTIFUL BEAST MIDWAY BETWEEN DIAL & FOOT OF GARDEN CLOCK by MARIANNE MOORE IN THE UNDERWORLD by ISAAC ROSENBERG |