Nay, dear one, ask me not to leave thee yet. Let me a little longer hold thy hand. Too soon it is to bid me to forget The joys I was so late to understand. The future holds but a blank face for me, The past is all confused with tears and grey, But the sweet present, while thy smiles I see, Is perfect sunlight, an unclouded day. Speak not of parting, not at least this hour, Though well I know Love cannot Time outlast. Let me grow wiser first and gain more power, More strength of will to deal with my dead past. Love me in silence still, one short hour's space: 'Tis all I ask of thee, this little grace. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DOMESDAY BOOK: FINDING OF THE BODY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS MONNA INNOMINATA, A SONNET OF SONNETS: 10 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE LUNCH by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH LINES WRITTEN AT GENEVA by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES THE END OF THE SUNSET TRAIL by ALMA C. BINGHAM SWEET WEARINESS by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH IRRECONCILIATION by FRANCES BROWN (20TH CENTURY) BRITANNIA'S PASTORALS: BOOK 1. THE EPISTLE DEDICATORY TO LORD ZOUCH by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) |