Lovers that drug themselves for ecstasy
Seek love too closely in an overdose,
When the sweet spasm turns to agony
And the quick limbs are still and the eyes close.
I too, a fool, desired, to make love strong,
Absence and parting but the measure's brimmed,
The dose is over-poured, the time's too long
Already, though two nights have hardly dimmed
My lonely eyes with the elusive sleep.
O I'll remember, I'll not wish again
To go with ardent limbs into this deep
Sea of dejection, this dull mere of pain:
We'll love our safer loves upon the shore
And quest for inexperienced joys no more.
Sonnets On Separation Iv
Edward Shanks
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Poem topics: lonely, pain, remember, sea, sleep, time, shore, sweet, deep, long, strong, fool, absence, measure, love, I love you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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