Poems (Trask)/My Love
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MY LOVE.
Thou hast a lone, dark corner in my heart,
To me unknown!
I've never dared to fathom the dim depth,
Lest it be stone;
And yet, I know, my soul's most sacred thoughts
Live there alone.
To me unknown!
I've never dared to fathom the dim depth,
Lest it be stone;
And yet, I know, my soul's most sacred thoughts
Live there alone.
I know not if I'd love thy clasping arm,
Or thy lips' kiss,—
I never linger near to catch thy smile,
Lest it be bliss;
And would I risk to drink of perfect joy
In world like this?
Or thy lips' kiss,—
I never linger near to catch thy smile,
Lest it be bliss;
And would I risk to drink of perfect joy
In world like this?
Often, at midnight, a wild longing comes
And seizes me;
Fervid, intense, and strong, it folds me round,
And then I long to be
In some unpeopled, trackless desert waste,
Alone fore'er with THEE.
And seizes me;
Fervid, intense, and strong, it folds me round,
And then I long to be
In some unpeopled, trackless desert waste,
Alone fore'er with THEE.