It was in autumn that I met Her whom I love; the sunflowers bold Stood up like guards around her set, And all the air with mignonette Was warm within the garden old; Beside her feet the marigold Glowed star-like, and the sweet-pea sent A sigh to follow as she went Slowly adown the terrace; - there I saw thee, oh my love! and thou wert fair. She stood in the full noonday, unafraid, As one beloved of sunlight, for awhile She leant upon the timeworn balustrade; The white clematis wooed her, and the clove Hung all its burning heart upon her smile; And on her cheek and in her eyes was love; And on her lips that, like an opening rose, Seemed parting some sweet secret to disclose, The soul of all the summer lingered; - there I saw thee, oh my love! and thou wert fair. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 10. THE DYING FALL by THOMAS CAMPION ON HEARING OF INTENTION .. TO PURCHASE THE POET'S FREEDOM by GEORGE MOSES HORTON THE ROYAL CROWN by ISRAEL ABRAHAMS IN EMULATION OF MR. COWLEYS POEM CALL'D THE MOTTO by MARY ASTELL A CURLEW'S CALL by JANE BARLOW FACING AN HOUR-GLASS by ELFRIDA DE RENNE BARROW NORTHERN CALIFORNIA NIGHT (STRAITS OF CARQUINEZ) by WILLIAM ROSE BENET |