IT is not because your heart is mine -- mine only -- Mine alone; It is not because you chose me, weak and lonely, For your own; Not because the earth is fairer, and the skies Spread above you Are more radiant for the shining of your eyes -- That I love you! It is not because the world's perplexed meaning Grows more clear; And the Parapets of Heaven, with angels leaning, Seem more near; And Nature sings of praise with all her voices Since yours spoke, Since within my silent heart, that now rejoices, love awoke! Nay, not even because your hand holds heart and life; At your will Soothing, hushing all its discord, making strife Calm and still; Teaching Trust to fold her wings, nor ever roam From her nest; Teaching Love that her securest, safest home Must be Rest. But because this human Love, though true and sweet -- Yours and mine -- Has been sent by Love more tender, more complete, More divine; That it leads our hearts to rest at last in Heaven, Far above you; Do I take you as a gift that God has given -- -- And I love you! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOPEFULLY WAITING by ANSON DAVIES FITZ RANDOLPH LONDON'S SUMMER MORNING by MARY DARBY ROBINSON WHAT TOMAS AN BUILE SAID IN A PUB by JAMES STEPHENS IMPRESSIONS: LA FUITE DE LA LUNE by OSCAR WILDE TO A WILD DUCK by BERNICE GIBBS ANDERSON THE WORLD AND THE QUIETEST by MATTHEW ARNOLD DAWN ON THE HILLS (FROM A HOTEL WINDOW) by LILLIAN ATCHERSON |