To Lucasta. Going Beyond The Seas.



I.
  If to be absent were to be
      Away from thee;
    Or that when I am gone,
    You or I were alone;
Then my LUCASTA might I crave
Pity from blustring winde or swallowing wave.

                    II.
  But I'le not sigh one blast or gale
      To swell my saile,
    Or pay a teare to swage
    The foaming blew-gods rage;
For whether he will let me passe
Or no, I'm still as happy as I was.

                    III.
  Though seas and land betwixt us both,
      Our faith and troth,
    Like separated soules,
    All time and space controules:
Above the highest sphere wee meet,
Unseene, unknowne, and greet as angels greet

                    IV.
  So then we doe anticipate
      Our after-fate,
    And are alive i'th' skies,
    If thus our lips and eyes
Can speake like spirits unconfin'd
In Heav'n, their earthy bodies left behind.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABBXXCC ADDEEFX AGGXFHH CIIJJKK
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Characters 827
Words 140
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 7, 7, 7, 7

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