Why so slowly do you move
To the centre of your love?
On your niceness though we wait,
Yet the hours say 'tis late:
Coyness takes us, to a measure;
But o'eracted deads the pleasure.
Go to bed, and care not when
Cheerful day shall spring again.
One brave captain did command,
By his word, the sun to stand:
One short charm, if you but say,
Will enforce the moon to stay,
Till you warn her hence, away,
T' have your blushes seen by day.
The Delaying Bride
Robert Herrick
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Poem topics: I love you, away, brave, moon, spring, sun, pleasure, wait, stay, stand, charm, short, command, measure, love, Valentine's Day, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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