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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INDIAN LOVE SONG, by ROSELLE MERCIER MONTGOMERY Poet's Biography
First Line: Speak low to me, my love, speak low
Last Line: Let them not hear! Speak low, my sweet!
Subject(s): Love; Native Americans; Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America
First Line: Speak low to me, my love, speak low
Last Line: Let them not hear! Speak low, my sweet!
Subject(s): Love; Native Americans; Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America
SPEAK low to me, my love, speak low!
The gods will hear
Our whispering———
And gods mean not that men shall know
Delight so dear,
So sweet a thing
As this—our love! O sweet, speak low!
Breathe tender names, oh, softly! They
Are listening!
Let them not know
You hold me dear—lest they should stay
Our murmuring!
Dear one, speak low
If you call me a tender name to-day!
Oh, whisper—lest they hear, my sweet!
For they above———
They know full well
Their realms lack joy so complete!
Tell me your love. ...
But softly tell———
Let them not hear! Speak low, my sweet!
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