I said to the merry birds of the woods, 'Carry a song to the Fair One!' They twittered and trilled, for they quite understood, And flew away blithely to bear one. Then listen, if, tapping thy window sill, They come with their chirping and singing, O listen! for over forest and hill, My message of love they are bringing. I said to the lilies, 'Carry for me, Carry a song to the Sweetest!' They nodded and said, 'Our sister is she, That loveliest lily thou greetest. O gather and send us,' they whispered to me, 'And bid us bloom fragrantly near her, To waken her smile, rejoicing to be Thy message of comfort to cheer her.' I said to the golden stars of night, 'O carry my love to the Dearest! In darkness surrounding with silver light The Brightest, the ever Nearest!' And watchest thou now, my own, my love, In weary and lonely sadness? Look up to the stars in the heaven above, They bear thee my message of gladness. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...COUNTRY SUMMER by LEONIE ADAMS TO A CAPTIOUS CRITIC by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR SIC VITA by HENRY DAVID THOREAU BURNS by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE HUNTER AND THE MILKMAID by PIERRE JEAN DE BERANGER |