Poems (Linn)/Two Loves
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TWO LOVES.
AS the sun in summer stoops to kiss the rose,Till the opening petals heart of gold disclose;As the dew of evening rests upon a flower;As the rain in summer falls in fragrant shower;As the stars in heaven, when the breezes rest,Stoop to lie in beauty on the ocean's breast;As the west wind lightly sweeps the forest treesTill they sing and murmur leafy melodies;As the bright moon reigning in her strength and pride,Draws the mighty ocean in a ceaseless tide; As the rainbow arches over summer sea,As the moonlight falleth;—so thy love for me.
As the rose that waited for the sun to riseEre the petals opened to the morning skies;As the flowers of evening when the air is still,Underneath the darkness, richest scents distill;As the ocean mirrors all the stars at night,Or reflects the rainbow's seven-tinted light;As the pine tree answers to the wind's caress,Singing, ever singing, songs of tenderness;As the ocean heaveth from its caves below,By the bright moon's power drawn to ebb and flow;As the face of nature, plain and hill and sea,Looketh up to heaven;—so my love for thee.