Thou art safe to contemplate,
Visible and close to touch,
Thou tormentest us too much!
In a novel's conjured scenes,
Where perspective intervenes.
Your appeal I have to shirk—
My attention from my work!
Thou art safe to contemplate,
Visible and close to touch,
Thou tormentest us too much!
In a novel's conjured scenes,
Where perspective intervenes.
Your appeal I have to shirk—
My attention from my work!