Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Portuguese XXXII lyrics
[Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Portuguese XXXII lyrics]
The first time that the sun
Rose on thine oath
To love me, I looked forward to the moon
To slacken all those bonds
Which seemed too soon
And quickly tied to make a lasting troth
Quick-loving hearts, I thought
May quickly loathe
And, looking on myself, I seemed not one
For such man's love! -more
Like an out-of tune
Worn viol, a good singer would be wroth
To spoil his song with, and
Which, snatched in haste
Is laid down at the first ill-sounding note
I did not wrong myself so, but I placed
A wrong on thee for perfect strains may float
'Neath master hands, from
Instruments defaced, -
And great souls, at one stroke
May do and dote
Rose on thine oath
To love me, I looked forward to the moon
To slacken all those bonds
Which seemed too soon
And quickly tied to make a lasting troth
Quick-loving hearts, I thought
May quickly loathe
And, looking on myself, I seemed not one
For such man's love! -more
Like an out-of tune
Worn viol, a good singer would be wroth
To spoil his song with, and
Which, snatched in haste
Is laid down at the first ill-sounding note
I did not wrong myself so, but I placed
A wrong on thee for perfect strains may float
'Neath master hands, from
Instruments defaced, -
And great souls, at one stroke
May do and dote
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