Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LOVE'S INNOCENCE, by THOMAS STANLEY


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First Line: See how this ivy strives to twine
Last Line: What above reason is, or beneath sense.
Subject(s): Love - Nature Of


SEE how this Ivy strives to twine
Her wanton arms about the Vine,
And her coy lover thus restrains,
Entangled in her amorous chains;
See how these neighb'ring Palms do bend
Their heads, and mutual murmurs send,
As whispering with a jealous fear
Their loves, into each other's ear.
Then blush not such a flame to own,
As like thyself no crime hath known;
Led by these harmless guides, we may
Embrace and kiss as well as they.
And like those blessed souls above,
Whose life is harmony and love,
Let us our mutual thoughts betray,
And in our wills our minds display;
This silent speech is swifter far
Than the ears' lazy species are;
And the expression it affords,
As our desires, 'bove reach of words.
Thus we, my dear, of these may learn
A passion others not discern;
Nor can it shame or blushes move,
Like plants to live, like Angels love:
Since all excuse with equal innocence,
What above reason is, or beneath sense.





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