Your eyes slay me; br I cannot endure their beauty, br My devoted heart is wholly wounded. br And yet a word from you will quickly heal br My heart's wound while it is green. br Your eyes slay me; br I cannot endure their beauty, br Truly, I say, br You are the ruler of my existence, br Which, my daily dying breaths express. br Your eyes slay me; br I cannot endure their beauty, br My devoted heart is wholly wounded. br And so, I plead, I pant, I die. br br © April 2008 Anna Maria br br Here is the Original: br br Merciless Beauty (Excerpt) br by Geoffrey Chaucer br br Your eyen two will slay me suddenly; br I may the beauty of them not sustain, br So woundeth it throughout my hearte keen. br And but your word will healen hastily br My hearte's wounde, while that it is green, br Your eyen two will slay me suddenly; br I may the beauty of them not sustain. br Upon my truth I say you faithfully br That ye bin of my life and death the queen; br For with my death the truthe shall be seen. br Your eyen two will slay me suddenly; br I may the beauty of them not sustain, br So woundeth it throughout my hearte keen.