DEEP within my heart of hearts, dear, Bound with all its strings, Two Loves are together reigning, Both are crowned like Kings; While my life, still uncomplaining, Rests beneath their wings. So they both will rule my heart, dear, Till it cease to beat; No sway can be deeper, stronger, Truer, more complete; Growing, as it lasts the longer Sweeter, and more sweet. One all life and time transfigures; Piercing through and through Meaner things with magic splendor, Old, yet ever new: This -- so strong and yet so tender -- Is . . . my Love for you. Should it fail, -- forgive my doubting In this world of pain, -- Yet my other Love would ever Steadfastly remain; And I know that I could never Turn to that in vain. Though its radiance may be fainter, Yet its task is wide; For it lives to comfort sorrows, Strengthen, calm, and guide, And from Trust and Honor borrows All its peace and pride. Will you blame my dreaming, even If the first were flown? Ah, I would not live without it, It is all your own: And the other -- can you doubt it? -- Yours, and yours alone. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ADDRESS TO SUBSCRIBERS .. FUND FOR CLOTHING CHILDREN CHARITY SCHOOL by BERNARD BARTON OCTOBER by MARIE DAVIES WARREN BECKNER THE MAIN DRAG by BERTON BRALEY IN MEMORIAM by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN ONE THING by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON THE PRAYERS OF SAINTS by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |