Classic Poem

THAT ONLY HER BEAUTY AND VOICE PLEASE HIM .

I.

Passion may my judgment blear,
Therefore sure I will not swear
That others are not pleasing;
But, I speak it to my pain,
And my life shall it maintain,
None else yields my heart easing.

II.

Ladies I do think there be
Other-some as fair as she,
Though none have fairer features;
But my turtle-like affection,
Since of her I made election,
Scorns other fairest creatures.

III.

Surely I will not deny
But some others reach as high
With their sweet warbling voices:
But since her notes charmed mine ear,
Even the sweetest tunes I hear,
To me seem rude harsh noises.