Parts Song
“Take, oh Take Those Lips Away”
“(sung at the Eton College Concert)” ~ Emily Daymond
Take, oh take those lips away,
That so sweetly were forsworn,
And those eyes: the breake of day,
Lights that do mislead the Morn;
But my kisses bring again, bring again,
Seals of love, but sealed in vain, sealed in vain.
~William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
Perhaps the innocent and young should not
Attempt the parts of tortured, sex-stretched love.
The earliest of young male passion, hot
Though it may be, is still too soft like dove
Breasts, still to pale like “breake of day.” The dawn
Of teen obsession can be strong as floods
Or full Niagra Falls. It lacks the brawn
Of hard erections in demand of thuds,
(Thud, THUD). It’s true, though, that a young man’s “Morn”
Of pulsing hormones understands too well
The possible rejection and how torn
A heart can be. It knows the gate to hell.
..The young don’t know the Preacher says, “All’s vain,
….All’s vain.” They do not know love’s deepest pain.