Henceforth my life shall ever know the Spring, And from my heart where love has made her nest There shall go forth upon the lyric quest Glad thoughts, from day to day new-born, to sing My joy through all the earth like birds a-wing: The voice of Love shall steal into my rest In dreams of song, and every dawn be blest With music sweet beyond imagining. So shall I share the rapture of the lark, The nightingale's enchantment in the dark, The ecstasy of every star above; Song shall be mine until that day when Death Shall come to me and hush with frozen breath The hopes and joys that warm the nest of Love. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A POEM FROM BOULDER RIDGE by JAMES GALVIN TO HENRY LINCOLN JOHNSON - LAWYER by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON DOWN BY THE CARIB SEA: 1. SUNRISE IN THE TROPICS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON |