Poems (Linn)/A Wish
For works with similar titles, see A Wish.
A WISH.
I LOVE you. Every morn my waking thought
Is this. And as the sun dispelled the mist
That purpled all the hills to amethyst;
Lighted the valleys into joy, and wrought
A splendor on the sea; waked the birds long
Stilled in sleep; opened the glad buds wet with dew
Into rich-blooms; so does your loving woo
My heart to blossom and my soul to song,
And make my morn of life supremely bright.
O, heart, dear heart! go with me through life's day!
Noon fast approaches—noon, whose flowers are
The consummation of morn's pledged delight,
And when that glory shall have died away,
And night comes on, your love be evening star!
Is this. And as the sun dispelled the mist
That purpled all the hills to amethyst;
Lighted the valleys into joy, and wrought
A splendor on the sea; waked the birds long
Stilled in sleep; opened the glad buds wet with dew
Into rich-blooms; so does your loving woo
My heart to blossom and my soul to song,
And make my morn of life supremely bright.
O, heart, dear heart! go with me through life's day!
Noon fast approaches—noon, whose flowers are
The consummation of morn's pledged delight,
And when that glory shall have died away,
And night comes on, your love be evening star!