Happy Ode to Love Unbounded
POESY REGAINED
Come with me, My Love, and see good Nature's fairest flow'r
'Tis a joy to behold, wondrous to mine eyes
Retreat a while, repose, in woodland's verdant bower
Let us upon the wings of rhapsody arise
And amble twixt the purling rills of Springtide
'Mongst nymphs and satyrs; laurel leaves betime
Whilst sprightly dryads dance at our side
To thine acanthine hair, My Love, I pen this limpid rhyme
My heart hath welled with desire, and spills forth for thee
Overflowing Lethe and Styx. Oh! lambent dove!
Encaged within this fortress, only thou can set me free
With but a soupcon of thy sweet love
Oh, did I compare thee to Aphrodite?
For such a likening does you no fairness
Verily, your charms are of such rareness
That none can view unmoved save Jove Almighty
Contributors: | Beefy, Kansas Sam, Karin, dok, F, N. |
Poem finished: | 3rd September 2003. |