! ! ! The Chased Virgin (Spenserian Sonnet 2 Sonnet 70) Poem by Lorenzo Costigliolo

! ! ! The Chased Virgin (Spenserian Sonnet 2 Sonnet 70)

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How often have your walls, embattlements
Defended dauntless virtue lest it fall
To challenges, temptations, let defense
Against attacks, - hold strong, defeat them all?

Each time my hand approaches, I recall,
You turn your eyes and lips or breasts away,
No mass retreat, just subtle, quiet, small
Withdrawals fending off without delay

My overtures as oft so still we lay
Ourselves in compromise upon love's bed.
Sweet promises, faint whispers yesterday,
Lie dormant, mute, unheard, as if not said.

Refrain from love again, tonight, lie still
As I defend against your driven will.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Sonya Florentino 05 November 2009

patience, patience my dear....soon the chased virgin will no longer be chaste!

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