Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee,
The shooting stars attend thee;
And the elves also,
Whose little eyes glow
Like the sparks of fire, befriend thee.

No Will-o'-th'-Wisp mis-light thee,
Nor snake or slow-worm bite thee;
But on, on thy way,
Not making a stay,
Since ghost there's none to affright thee.

Let not the dark thee cumber;
What though the moon does slumber?
The stars of the night
Will lend thee their light,
Like tapers clear without number.

Then Julia let me woo thee,
Thus, thus to come unto me;
And when I shall meet
Thy silv'ry feet,
My soul I'll pour into thee.

ROBERT HERRICK (1591-1674)

NANCYBE

	"...I would have destroyed you even if it meant my own destruction."
"You are really that devoted to Julia?" "Yes. I am that devoted to her.
Barnabas to Angelique

Julia's Lament And Hope

Darkness fell on that night
I waited for you with bated breath, wondering?
Would you kill me?
Rip the blood from my veins and stop my heart.
Or spare my life and give me hope.
For your love.
I wonder when did it happen?
One unguarded moment, something obscured from any outside feeling.
A heart was touched and forever changed.
Now, I'm your victim.
My heart is aflame and I desire only you.
Each night, I wait with breath still bated.
Hoping for you, hoping for you.
I wonder when did it happen?
I fell in love with you.

MARK BRANSON October 3, 1998

With eyes that rise like the
dawn gentle,like a fawn. "Julia"
penetrating as the thorn of the rose
to cut and bleed my affection.
I see you in my waking and also
at my rest. "Julia"
The silhouette of my consciousness
the ebb and tide of my soul. "Julia"
in lips, let us do as hands do
while in pleasant prayer. "Julia"
To touch the inner branches of your
caress. "Julia"
To die in your embrace. "Julia"
As our exchange is met and given
each to the other in gleeful agony.
To impale myself on love's sweet
sword and shed my love
of you. "Julia"
I ever will be part of you, as
you are part of me. "Julia"
Come take me here and I entwine
our bodies to rejoice. "Julia"
With laughing songs and shimmering
skin, Julia my beloved. "Julia"
The essence of my dreams fulfilled
to fate's own will, be sealed.
in the heart of my love. "Julia"

beloved Barnabas.

by: Sarah Collins