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Charlotte Dacre (Шарлотта Дакре)


The Answer


FULL well I know what love does mean,
Full well its force and tyranny,
And captive in love's chains have been
Since first I set my eyes on thee.

No fancy, whim, or idle dream,
To love like mine could e'er give birth,
Which, flowing from the purest stream,
Owns, for its source, superior worth.

The angel form of her I love
Reflects the beauty of her mind,
Where all the virtues sweetly move,
In joy and harmony combin'd.

Bless'd with her love, all other charms
With coldness I could learn to view,
And in the heaven of her arms
Taste raptures ever young and new.

For her, could fame and wealth despise,
In poverty and toil feel blest,
Drink sweet delusion from her eyes,
Or smile at ruin on her breast.

But to endure her loss or hate
All human efforts would be vain;
No balm could heal, no charms abate,
Or soothe such agony of pain.

Vain world, adieu! in fervent pray'r
I'd bless her with my latest breath,
And, robb'd of all my soul held dear,
Seek refuge in the arms of death.



Charlotte Dacre's other poems:
  1. The Skeleton Priest; Or, The Marriage of Death
  2. The Folly of Life
  3. Passion Uninspired by Sentiment
  4. Love and Madness
  5. The Orphan's Curse


Poems of another poets with the same name (Стихотворения других поэтов с таким же названием):

  • Stephen Duck (Стивен Дак) The Answer ("WHEN I, in feeble Verse, essay'd")
  • Rudyard Kipling (Редьярд Киплинг) The Answer ("A Rose, in tatters on the garden path")
  • Robert Service (Роберт Сервис) The Answer ("Bill has left his house of clay")
  • Alexander Brome (Александр Бром) The Answer ("STay, stay, prate no more")
  • Albert Pike (Альберт Пайк) The Answer ("Think not, dear husband, that my heart")

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