I would light you through your dreams
With my fine and tender beams;
You should hear the song that ran
Through the earth when Peace began.
With my fine and tender beams;
You should hear the song that ran
Through the earth when Peace began.
If I were a shell upon the shore
I would murmur strange and sweet sea-lore
Of fair mermaids that beguile
Poor sailors, mile on mile—
Of the ocean forests dim,
Where strange fishes float and swim.
I would murmur strange and sweet sea-lore
Of fair mermaids that beguile
Poor sailors, mile on mile—
Of the ocean forests dim,
Where strange fishes float and swim.
If I were the new and yellow moon
I would grant your wishes soon, full soon;
I would borrow for your sake
Such splendor as would make
Constellations fade away
Like sad ghosts at break of day.
I would grant your wishes soon, full soon;
I would borrow for your sake
Such splendor as would make
Constellations fade away
Like sad ghosts at break of day.
XIII
A KISSThe day has smouldered in the west,
Each bird long since has found its nest;
But as for me, I am so blest
I can not give myself to rest,
Thinking, perforce, of only this—
So slight a thing—his melting kiss.
Each bird long since has found its nest;
But as for me, I am so blest
I can not give myself to rest,
Thinking, perforce, of only this—
So slight a thing—his melting kiss.
He paused just here, outside the door;
I thought to see his face no more;
My heart was aching to the core.
"Good-by"—he'd said it once before?
"Through good-bys many a life's undone."
I thought to see his face no more;
My heart was aching to the core.
"Good-by"—he'd said it once before?
"Through good-bys many a life's undone."
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