Why, my heart, do we love her so? (Geraldine, Geraldine!) Why does the great sea ebb and flow? -- Why does the round world spin? Geraldine, Geraldine, Bid me my life renew: What is it worth unless I win, Love -- love and you? Why, my heart, when we speak her name (Geraldine, Geraldine!) Throbs the word like a flinging flame? -- Why does the Spring begin? Geraldine, Geraldine, Bid me indeed to be: Open your heart, and take us in, Love -- and love me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CHILD'S EVENING PRAYER by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE A SUMMER'S NIGHT by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR ROME. AT THE PYRAMID OF CESTIUS NEAR THE GRAVES OF SHELLEY by THOMAS HARDY SEVEN TIMES ONE [- CHILDHOOD. EXULTATION] by JEAN INGELOW THE BUILDING OF THE SHIP by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW CASSANDRA by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON THE WALLABOUT MARTYRS by WALT WHITMAN |