The Thief

Thou robb’st my days of business and delights,

Of sleep thou robb’st my nights ;

Ah, lovely thief, what wilt thou do?

What? rob me of heaven too?

Even in my prayers thou hauntest me:

And I, with wild idolatry,

Begin to God, and end them all to thee.

Is it a sin to love, that it should thus

Like an ill conscience torture us?

Whate’er I do, where’er I go-

None guiltless e’er was haunted so!-

Still, still, methinks, thy face I view,

And still thy shape does me pursue,

As if, not you me, but I had murdered you.

From books I strive some remedy to take,

But thy name all the letters make;

Whate’er ’tis writ, I find thee there,

Like points and commas everywhere.

Me blessed for this let no man hold,

For I, as Midas did of old,

Perish by turning every thing to gold.

What do I seek, alas, or why do I

Attempt in vain from thee to fly?

For, making thee my deity,

I gave thee then ubiquity.

My pains resemble hell in this:

The divine presence there too is,

But to torment men, not to give them bliss.

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• IN VINCULUM by PEGGY AYLSWORTH by Poetry In English
• I threaded a garland with the memories of a spring… by Preeth Nambiar by Poetry In English
• Hoppleroopleoopledook by Pornika Ganguly by Poetry In English
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• Frozen by Priyanka Tungana by Poetry In English
• From Another Sky by Pierre Reverdy by Poetry In English
• Forgotten by Priya Prithviraj by Poetry In English
• Forbidden Silence by Preeth Nambiar by Poetry In English
• For The Moment by Pierre Reverdy by Poetry In English
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• Elijah by Peter Bardsley by Poetry In English
• Eating a Wampee by Piera Chen by Poetry In English
• Dying Love!!! by Praveen Parasar by Poetry In English
• Diving Deep by Pawan Kumar by Poetry In English
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• Creators by Pawan Kumar by Poetry In English
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• Coconut by Paul Hostovsky by Poetry In English
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