I HEAR you calling me—and I Wait ere I answer to your call— I do not shun you, but I fear Dark woe and sorrow—that is all! I'd know your voice across the sea— And so—I hear you calling me! I hear you calling me—but still I hesitate in my reply. My heart beats like a fluttering bird, I ponder, while my pulse runs high, I know not what the end will be, And yet—I hear you calling me! I hear you calling me—at last I answer you—I pile the stacks Upon the table, and I grimly show Three handsome aces, and a pair of jacks. You have four kings? Oh, well—so let it be— I'll say I heard you calling me! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JEST 'FORE CHRISTMAS by EUGENE FIELD EPITAPHIUM CITHARISTRIAE by VICTOR GUSTAVE PLARR CESAR FRANCK by JOSEPH AUSLANDER KING EDWARD VII by CHARLES WILLIAM BRODRIBB A VISION OF POETS by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING PICTURES by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |