Poems (Elgee, 1907)/Instability

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INSTABILITY. FROM THE SPANISH.—SIXTEENTH CENTURY
————"Como estoy alegreTristezas temo."————
WHEN the day is brightest, Darkness draweth near;When the heart is lightest, Coming grief I fear.
Eyes of heavenly splendour, Radiance o'er me fling;But when their light's most tender I fear its vanishing.
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Lips, where passion keepeth Holiest incense, bend to mine;But when woman speaketh, Who would trust so false a shrine?
Even in twined caresses Where love has woven his spells,Of the mutual love that blesses, I hear a voice which tells.
As light with darkness weddeth, So must pleasure with annoy,And sorrow ever treadeth On the doomed path of joy.

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