Poems (Linn)/When You are Far
WHEN YOU ARE FAR.
WHEN you are far, sweet love, I know how dear you are;I am beset with pain;I feel I never told you wellAll the deep love whose throb and swellSweep over me in vain, When you are far.
When you are far, dear love, I know how dear you are;I sit and dream how I shall sayThe loving thoughts that fill my mind;The foolish fancies fond and kindWith which I dream the hours away, When you are far.
When you are far, my love, What grand resolves mine are!But when you come, they kneelWith hidden face; and whenYour lips touch mine,—ah! thenI can but live the love I feel, When you are far.