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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BUTCHER SHOP by DAVID IGNATOW DEVASTATION by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON LOST ILLUSIONS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON UNCLE JIM'S BAPTIST REVIVAL HYMN by SIDNEY LANIER THE GULF by KATHERINE MANSFIELD |