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Wed Dec 20 2000 at 0:45:04
The
time
I've lost in
wooing
,
In
watching
and
pursuing
The
light
that lies
In
woman
's eyes,
Has been my
heart
's undoing.
Though
Wisdom
oft has sought me,
I scorned the
lore
she brought me,
My only
book
s
Were
woman
's looks,
And
folly
's all they've taught me.
Her
smile
when
Beauty
granted,
I hung with gaze enchanted,
Like him, the
sprite
,
Whom
maids
by night
Oft meet in
glen
that's
haunted
.
Like him, too,
Beauty
won me,
But while her eyes were on me;
If once their
ray
Was turned away,
Oh! winds could not outrun me.
And are those
follies
going?
And is my proud
heart
growing
Too cold or
wise
For
brilliant
eyes
Again to set it
glowing
?
No,
vain
,
alas
! th' endeavor
From
bonds
so sweet to sever;
Poor
Wisdom
's chance
Against a glance
Is now as
weak
as ever.
Thomas Moore
-
1834
Thomas Moore
Porphyria's Lover
Of King Sigmund's last battle, and of how he must yield up his sword again
Beauty
Galadriel
Woo
flirting
brilliant
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Matilda
Wisdom
Sprite