The Tropics
July 5, 2023Thomas Carlyle
July 5, 2023From the Drama of “Charles II”
COME and kiss me, mistress Beauty,
I will give you all that ’s due t’ye.
I will taste your rosebud lips
Daintily as the bee sips;
At your bonny eyes I ’ll look
Like a scholar at his book:
On my bosom you shall rest,
Like a robin on her nest:
Round my body you shall twine,
I ’ll be elm, and you be vine:
In a bumper of your breath
I would drain a draught of death;
In the tangles of your hair
I ’d be hanged and never care.
Then come kiss me, mistress Beauty,
I will give you all that ’s due t’ ye.
Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen
Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen (1856-1947) was an Australian poet, writer, and critic. He wrote several volumes of poetry, including "The Gates of Paradise" and "Australian Poems," and was a prominent literary figure in both Australia and England. Sladen was also known for his work in promoting cultural exchange between Australia and other countries.