Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AU BORD DE DEAU, by RENE FRANCOIS ARMAND PRUDHOMME


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First Line: To sit and watch the wavelets as they flow
Last Line: Love -- hand in hand.
Alternate Author Name(s): Sully-prudhomme
Subject(s): Love


TO SIT and watch the wavelets as they flow,
Two, -- side by side;
To see the gliding clouds that come and go,
And mark them glide;

If from low roofs the smoke is wreathing pale,
To watch it wreathe;
If flowers around breathe perfume on the gale,
To feel them breathe;

If the bee sips the honeyed fruit that glistens,
To sip the dew:
If the bird warbles while the forest listens,
To listen too;

Beneath the willow where the brook is singing,
To hear its song:
Nor feel, while round us that sweet dream is clinging,
The hours too long;

To know one only deep o'ermastering passion, --
The love we share;
To let the world go worrying in its fashion
With one care --

We only, while around all weary grow,
Unwearied stand,
And midst the fickle changes others know,
Love -- hand in hand.






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