For thy sake, sweet, I keep the great clear wave Silent and moveless,—still, within my heart. I help thee, love, to play thy daily part In patience, and through love the world to save. Our bright star glistens, bright beyond the grave, And here we have the silver voice of Art To cheer and gladden; and, to soothe each smart, Love,—stalwart, pure, indomitable, brave. I keep the great wave still': although 'tis there Ready, if even on earth a greater need Arise,—some wrong e'en Love were weak to bear. Till then I hold, for so hath Love decreed, The wave that might devour with fiercest spray, Still as the blue sea on a summer day. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...COUNTRY SUMMER by LEONIE ADAMS THE IDEA OF BALANCE IS TO BE FOUND IN HERONS AND LOONS by JAMES HARRISON LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM by THOMAS MOORE HALSTED STREET CAR by CARL SANDBURG ECSTACY by KENNETH SLADE ALLING EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 15. RATHER DEEDS THAN WORDS by PHILIP AYRES VARIATIONS ON SAPPHO: 33 by KATHERINE HARRIS BRADLEY TAKE YOUR CHOICE: AND PERHAPS GELETT BURGESS by BERTON BRALEY |