Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IF BUT A WORD, by HENRY CHAPPELL



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IF BUT A WORD, by                    
First Line: If but a word of mine could give you joy
Last Line: And eyes half-veiled have told me you are mine.
Subject(s): Death; Emotions; Hearts; Heaven; Love; Dead, The; Paradise


IF but a word of mine could give you joy
I'd speak, and o'er your path a radiance shed
Of pure delight; nor trace of earth's alloy
Should grieve your heart or shadow o'er your head;
And all the world for you should golden shine,
And one bright smile from you make Heaven in mine.

If but a word of mine could give you grace
I'd speak; but never lily was more fair;
Twin wells of truth uplight the sweetest face
Framed in the prisoned glory of your hair,
Where sunbeams play in every silken part
And weave its coils the tighter round my heart.

If but a word of mine can teach you love
I'll speak, if lips will serve my heart's behest
And tell you that I love you, sweet, above
Aught on this earth, the fairest and the best.
I see o'er velvet cheek the roses twine
And eyes half-veiled have told me you are mine.





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