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.
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?
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.