THE little feet running upon the floor Bring back to me youth and the golden weather, O little feet, long lost, long hungered for; My heart springs up light as the grey dove's feather, O little feet running upon the floor! O lovely kisses from a sweet wet mouth, Fragrant and dewy as wet garden roses, Kisses that bring me the belovèd youth, Sweet as soft rain drenching dry garden closes, The lovely kisses from a sweet wet mouth. O little arms clinging about my neck, Holding me fast, and silken cheek and fine. God pity mothers who this night must take Farewell of some sweet thing like this of mine, With nevermore soft arms about the neck. God gives the dearest gifts over and over; O little grandson, youth comes with your kiss! God gives me back my youth and my lost lover, And all the precious things were mine and his, And even the sweets the heart thought past recover. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NEGRO by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES KNEE-DEEP IN JUNE by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY SURNAMES by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD GIVE NOT WITH YOUR HANDS by MACKNIGHT BLACK GRISELDA: CHAPTER 2 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT VARIATIONS ON SAPPHO: 35 by KATHERINE HARRIS BRADLEY |