Fair charmer cease, nor make your voice's prize A heart resign'd the conquest of your eyes: Well might, alas! that threaten'd vessel fail, Which winds and lightning both at once assail. We were too blest with these inchanting lays, Which must be heav'nly when an angel plays; But killing charms your lover's death contrive, Lest heav'nly musick should be heard alive. Orpheus could charm the trees, but thus a tree Taught by your hand, can charm no less than he; A poet made the silent wood pursue; This vocal wood had drawn the poet too. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AT NIGHT; SONNET by AMY LOWELL STUDY FOR A GEOGRAPHICAL TRAIL; 2. ILLINOIS by CLARENCE MAJOR CHARLOTTE CORDAY (REVOLUTIONARY TRIBUNAL, JULY 17, 1793) by EDGAR LEE MASTERS DOMESDAY BOOK: JANE FISHER by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SIMON SURNAMED PETER by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |