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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• I Write a Poem by Aiyah De Torres by Poetry In English
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• Elusive Lover by Renu Ayyar by Poetry In English
• Crows and Hawks by Richard Schiffman by Poetry In English
• Clever Stalk by Richard Schiffman by Poetry In English
• Buddies by Richard Schiffman by Poetry In English
• Buddha at Kamakura by Rudyard Kipling by Poetry In English
• Beyond Darkness And Despair by Renu Ayyar by Poetry In English
• Before you go a little way prospecting by T. Wignesan by Poetry In English
• Are You a Thinking Man? by Rifat Ilgaz by Poetry In English
• A Lost Friend, I Never Had by Renu Ayyar by Poetry In English
• A Goddess by Tanisha Avarsekar by Poetry In English
• Vacation by Rita Dove by Poetry In English
• Tonight she remembers by Rita Odessa Villaruel by Poetry In English
• There Came a Soul by Rita Dove by Poetry In English
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• The Bistro Styx by Rita Dove by Poetry In English
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