Songs of Love and Rebellion/Love's letter
LOVE'S LETTER.
Longingly
Wistfully,
Sweetheart, I gaze,
Through the gathering haze,
Into the night
For the vanished light
Of your soft, clear eyes;
The dream-light,
The love-light,
For the light of your beautiful eyes.
Away
And afar,
Where the bright seas roll
Round the Happiness Isle,
And all things smile,
I send my soul
To kneel at your feet
In the gardens sweet,
Where wistarias twine
With the jessamine vine,
In a land where life is all divine.
Lotus
And poppy,
Honey and dew,
Make I of these a magical brew,
Quaff it, and wander in dreamland with you;
Wander away, dear, never to grieve,
In the wonderful land of The-make-believe.
Lovingly,
Silently,
Night after night
I steal through the gates to the House of Delight,
To the palace of bliss,
And your hair and your eyes and your lips, dear, I kiss;
I kiss them, and know that my life's not in vain,
And I love you, and love you, again and again.
Empire,
Dominion,
Ambition, and all
That men in their folly life's prizes would call,
I would throw them away,
If but for to-day,
Close, close to my heart, my arms could enfold
The form that I love in love's passionate hold.
Faith,
Hope
And love
I have given to you;
Heart,
Mind
And soul,
I have given them, too;
And I give,—
I have given you all that a dreamer could give.