Naked I saw thee,
O beauty of beauty!
And I blinded my eyes
For fear I should flinch.
I heard thy music,
O sweetness of sweetness!
And I shut my ears
For fear I should fail.
I kissed thy lips
O sweetness of sweetness!
And I hardened my heart
For fear of my ruin.
I blinded my eyes
And my ears I shut,
I hardened my heart
And my love I quenched.
I turned my back
On the dream I had shaped,
And to this road before me
My face I turned.
I set my face
To the road here before me,
To the work that I see,
To the death that I shall meet.
Ideal
Padraic Pearse
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Poem topics: death, dream, music, work, beauty, heart, love, I love you, face, fear, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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