Since thou, O fondest and truest, Hast loved me best and longest, And now with trust the strongest The joy of my heart renewest; Since thou art dearer and dearer While other hearts grow colder And ever, as love is older, More lovingly drawest nearer: Since now I see in the measure Of all my giving and taking, Thou wert my hand in the making, The sense and soul of my pleasure; The good I have ne'er repaid thee In heaven I pray be recorded, And all thy love rewarded By God, thy master that made thee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO DISRAELI ON CONSERVATISM by MARIANNE MOORE THE SERE AND YELLOW LEAF by KAREN SWENSON DESERT FLOWERS by KEITH CASTELLAINE DOUGLAS THE PRETTY GIRL OF LOCH DAN by SAMUEL FERGUSON TO THE REPUBLIC by JAMES GALVIN EPIGRAM: 14. TO WILLIAM CAMDEN by BEN JONSON A BALLAD OF THE FRENCH FLEET; OCTOBER, 1746 by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW |