HEAVY my heart is, heavy to carry, Full of soft foldings, of downy enwrapments -- And the outer fold of all is love, And the next soft fold is love, And the next, finer and softer, is love again; And were they unwound before the eyes More folds and more folds and more folds would unroll Of love -- always love, And, quite at the last, Deep in the nest, in the soft-packed nest, One last fold, turned back, would disclose You, little heart of my heart, Laid there so warm, so soft, so soft, Not knowing where you lie, nor how softly, Nor why your nest is so soft, Nor how your nest is so warm. You, little heart of my heart, You lie in my heart, Warm, safe and soft as this body of yours, This dear kissed body of yours that lies Here in my arms and sucks the strength from my breast, The strength you will break my heart with one of these days. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO THE SOUTH ON ITS NEW SLAVERY by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A WISH by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE NEW YEAR by ALFRED TENNYSON THE COMPLAINT OF THE FAIR ARMOURESS by FRANCOIS VILLON HASCHEESH by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH PRAYER by ANTON ALEXANDER VON AUERSPERG FINDING CYNTHIA IN PAIN, AND CRYING; A SONNET by PHILIP AYRES ANOTHER SPRING by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN THE WANDERER: 1. IN ITALY: ON THE SEA by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |