Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LOVE SANG FROM OVER YONDER, by FLORENCE E. D. MUZZY


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LOVE SANG FROM OVER YONDER, by                    
First Line: Love sang to me afar - I did not understand
Last Line: "that selfless roves where'er we rove."
Subject(s): Love; Singing & Singers


Love sang to me afar -- I did not understand.
I would not be a slave nor bow to Love's command . . .
Then Love came close and strong, caught me in his embrace --
Oh sudden sweet his song and beautiful his face.

"What art thou Love? I cannot know!
Yet thou hast substance fine as snow --
And thou hast gracious form and face --
But how canst thou speed here through Space?"

From out a light-year's day I hear,
And strain to catch Love's whisper clear: --
"Love hath no bounds, no age, no place,
Unsought -- like light his rapid pace.

"For I am Love and I love thee,
Though planet-lives apart are we.
I come to thee as to a shrine,
For love I serve thee -- dearest, mine!

"Did not a cool breeze fan thy cheek
When thou wast struggling, worn and weak?
Did not a flashing wave of joy
Uplift thy soul? 'Twas my envoy.

"No sacrifice (if glad thou art)
Can be too great for me -- dear heart!
Dost thou forget -- when lone and sad --
Came lesser loves to make thee glad?

"'Twas e'er the great love that I bear
Sent lesser loves thy love to share.
No limit be there to true love,
That Selfless roves where'er we rove."





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