Century Magazine/Volume 48/Issue 1/The Heart of the World

by William Prescott Foster

For works with similar titles, see Heart of the World.

The great world’s heart is old and sad,
‘Tis long, long since the world was glad,
     For death falls fast and love must part,
And wrong and sorrow drive men mad,
     And salt tears grieve the old world’s heart.

And yet, dear soul, for whom alway
My life has waited, as the May
     All April waits to bloom and bear,
If we might meet and love some day,
     How glad a heart the world would wear!