Poems (Linn)/Two Loves

by Edith Willis Linn

For works with similar titles, see Two Loves.

TWO LOVES.

AS the sun in summer stoops to kiss the rose,
Till the opening petals heart of gold disclose;
As the dew of evening rests upon a flower;
As the rain in summer falls in fragrant shower;
As the stars in heaven, when the breezes rest,
Stoop to lie in beauty on the ocean's breast;
As the west wind lightly sweeps the forest trees
Till they sing and murmur leafy melodies;
As the bright moon reigning in her strength and pride,
Draws the mighty ocean in a ceaseless tide;
As the rainbow arches over summer sea,
As the moonlight falleth;—so thy love for me.

As the rose that waited for the sun to rise
Ere the petals opened to the morning skies;
As the flowers of evening when the air is still,
Underneath the darkness, richest scents distill;
As the ocean mirrors all the stars at night,
Or reflects the rainbow's seven-tinted light;
As the pine tree answers to the wind's caress,
Singing, ever singing, songs of tenderness;
As the ocean heaveth from its caves below,
By the bright moon's power drawn to ebb and flow;
As the face of nature, plain and hill and sea,
Looketh up to heaven;—so my love for thee.