Poems (Rossetti, 1901)/A Smile and a Sigh
A SMILE AND A SIGH.
A SMILE because the nights are short! And every morning brings such pleasure Of sweet love-making, harmless sport: Love that makes and finds its treasure: Love, treasure without measure.
A sigh because the days are long! Long long these days that pass in sighing, A burden saddens every song: While time lags which should be flying, We live who would be dying.