When lovely sounds about my ears Like winds in Eden's tree-tops rise, And make me, though my spirit hears, For very luxury close my eyes, Let none but friends be round about Who love the soothing joy like me, That so the charm be felt throughout, And all be harmony. And when we reach the close divine, Then let the hand of her I love Come with its gentle palm on mine, As soft as snow or lighting dove; And let, by stealth, that more than friend Look sweetness in my opening eyes, For only so such dreams should end, Or wake in Paradise. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NICHOLAS NYE by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE AT APRIL by ANGELINA WELD GRIMKE A TRUE HYMN [HYMNE] by GEORGE HERBERT EVEN SO by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI THE LINCOLN HOME by ZELLA ACKERMAN EVENING TRAINS by MARY TRUE AYER EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 21. 'TIS CONSTANCY THAT GAINS THE PRIZE by PHILIP AYRES |