121. Wherein Laura's Beauty and Virtue Are Heavenly Derivatives -
WHEREIN LAURA'S BEAUTY AND VIRTUE ARE HEAVENLY DERIVATIVES
The stars, the heavens, the very elements
Have joined their utmost, all their skill and care
To make a thing unutterably fair,
A harmony to which the sun consents,
To which all Nature lends her influence,
Noble, unique — death to the mortal stare —
Love pours such flame of sweetness on the air
And from her eyes such dazzling opulence.
The very atmosphere, thus purified
By their dear flame, with candour kindles so,
Thought cannot reach it, speech crawls far below.
Here in this light no base desires abide,
But only honour, virtue only. Here,
Beauty smites lust and strikes him dead with fear.
The stars, the heavens, the very elements
Have joined their utmost, all their skill and care
To make a thing unutterably fair,
A harmony to which the sun consents,
To which all Nature lends her influence,
Noble, unique — death to the mortal stare —
Love pours such flame of sweetness on the air
And from her eyes such dazzling opulence.
The very atmosphere, thus purified
By their dear flame, with candour kindles so,
Thought cannot reach it, speech crawls far below.
Here in this light no base desires abide,
But only honour, virtue only. Here,
Beauty smites lust and strikes him dead with fear.
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