Justification of Stasis

Who can tear themselves away
From nature's bright majesties?

The pharaohs still rest in their
Pyramid tombs, and your face
Is fairer than all of theirs
Together.  How may I leave?

We speak of fortitude and
China's Great wall together,
But does your grace not longer
Endure than any stone or
Brick man may lay?  I think thus:
Your greatness, so great, is to
Be assumed to endure for
All time.  Wonder: the wall stands.

Men and women, boys and girls
Flock to Niagara, as if
The falling water were as
Splendid as your beauty.

How then may I ever
Be able to leave your side?