Classic Poem

WHEREIN LOVE LINGERS WITH HIM, WATCHING LAURA WALK ABROAD

Here stand we, Love, our glory to regard:
Behold how she surpasses Nature! Stare
The while such sweetness sheds its showers there!
Such drench of dazzling heaven is earth's reward!
Look — purple, pearls and gold in yard on yard
Glitter and richly twist and weave a snare!
How her feet twinkle, her eyes burn the air,
Flashing the dark hills all alive and starred!
The green turf and the thousand-tinted flowers
Under that ancient holm-oak's high pavilion,
Spring at her tread like amorous paramours;
The heavens, enamoured, needs must light a million
Lamps, and their sidereal fountains raise
To jets of white flame worthy of her praise!