If thou wouldst have thy charms enchant our eyes,
First win our hearts, for there thy empire lies:
Beauty in vain would mount a heartless throne,
Her Right Divine is given by Love alone.
What would the rose with all her pride be worth,
Were there no sun to call her brightness forth?
Maidens, unloved, like flowers in darkness thrown,
Wait but that light which comes from Love alone.
Fair as thy charms in yonder glass appear,
Trust not their bloom, they'll fade from year to year:
Wouldst thou they still should shine as first they shone,
Go, fix thy mirror in Love's eyes alone.
Love Alone
Thomas Moore
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Poem topics: beauty, light, mirror, pride, rose, sun, trust, wait, shine, divine, thrown, worth, glass, bloom, year, alone, love, I love you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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