Addressing a Lady Who Requested Me to Love Her
Given that you granted me consent to love,
How will you respond?
Shall I your mirth, or passion stir,
As I begin to woo;
Do you distress, or mock, or love me too?
Every minor charm can reject, and I
In spite of your aversion
Lacking your permission can perceive, and perish;
Dispense a nobler Destiny!
’Tis easy to demolish, you may form.
Therefore grant me permission to love, & adore me too
Lacking intent
To elevate, as Affection's accursed insurgents act
As puling Bards moan,
Fame to their beauty, from their blubber’d gaze.
Sadness is a pool and mirrors not clear
One's beauty’s beams;
Joyes are untainted streames, your gaze appear
Gloomy in more sorrowful verses,
In happy lines they shine bright with acclaim.
What shall not refer to portray you lovely
Injuries, fires, and arrows,
Gales in your brow, nets in your hayr,
Corrupting all your parts,
Or to trick, or afflict trapped affections.
I will make your vision like morning orbs seem,
As mild, and fayr;
Thy countenance as glass polished, and clear,
While your unkempt locks
May drift like a tranquil Area of the Ayr.
Wealthy The natural world's treasury (which is the Writer's Treasure)
I will use, to embellish
Your graces, if your Source of Delight
In equal appreciation
Thou but open, so we one another favor.
Exploring the Verse's Ideas
The piece explores the dynamics of love and praise, as the speaker addresses a lady who desires his love. Conversely, he offers a reciprocal agreement of artistic admiration for intimate delights. The language is elegant, mixing refined traditions with frank utterances of yearning.
In the verses, the poet rejects usual themes of unreturned passion, such as sadness and weeping, stating they cloud true grace. He chooses delight and praise to emphasize the lady's qualities, promising to render her vision as bright suns and her tresses as flowing breeze. The method underscores a practical yet clever perspective on relationships.
Important Elements of the Work
- Shared Arrangement: The work revolves on a suggestion of tribute in exchange for pleasure, stressing balance between the persons.
- Spurning of Standard Themes: The poet criticizes typical literary techniques like sorrow and imagery of anguish, preferring upbeat depictions.
- Artistic Craftsmanship: The application of varied line patterns and flow displays the author's proficiency in composition, producing a graceful and captivating text.
Wealthy Nature’s store (which is the Poet’s Wealth)
I shall expend, to adorn
Your graces, if your Wellspring of Pleasure
In equal thankfulness
One but unlock, so we each other grace.
The verse summarizes the core arrangement, in which the author promises to utilize his inventive gifts to celebrate the lady, as compensation for her openness. This wording mixes spiritual undertones with physical yearnings, giving complexity to the poem's theme.
