O LOVE! I watch for thee Through all the dreary days, As one who, lost at sea, Looks for the sail that saves. O Love! I long for thee Through all the weary nights, As one who knows that dawn Will bring him dear delights. O Love! I dream of thee, God knows the dreams I dare, Bring thou thy ecstasy, If not — thy white despair. But come, dear Love, I pray, Hear thou my spirit's cry: I could not bear to live If love should pass me by. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPRING QUIET by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI LINES WRITTEN ON HEARING THE NEWS OF THE DEATH OF NAPOLEON by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY WE ARE SEVEN by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH THE UNFORGIVEN by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH ON LYDIA DISTRACTED; A SONNET by PHILIP AYRES PSALM 23 by HENRY WILLIAMS BAKER A TRANSCRIPTION by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN IN VINCULIS; SONNETS WRITTEN IN AN IRISH PRISON: THE COURT OF PENANCE by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |