85. Wherein He Apostrophizes the Spot Where Laura First Saluted Him -
WHEREIN HE APOSTROPHIZES THE SPOT WHERE LAURA FIRST SALUIED HIM
Ah, blessedest plot of earth! In this dear space
Love first observed my lovely Lady bend
Her golden head, and pause, and condescend
To smile on me and fill the air with grace.
The rigorous image Time shall quite efface
From triple-tortured adamant — but rend
That smile from my soul's centre, God forfend!
That smile so cherished in its holy place!
As often as I visit this proud shrine
I shall search out the moth-prints of her feet
With ecstasy half-human, half-divine!
And if her breast still hold Love's golden heat,
Whenever, gentle friend, you both may meet,
O ask one tear, one swift compassionate sign!
Ah, blessedest plot of earth! In this dear space
Love first observed my lovely Lady bend
Her golden head, and pause, and condescend
To smile on me and fill the air with grace.
The rigorous image Time shall quite efface
From triple-tortured adamant — but rend
That smile from my soul's centre, God forfend!
That smile so cherished in its holy place!
As often as I visit this proud shrine
I shall search out the moth-prints of her feet
With ecstasy half-human, half-divine!
And if her breast still hold Love's golden heat,
Whenever, gentle friend, you both may meet,
O ask one tear, one swift compassionate sign!
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