Sweeter than any earthly dawn is this, The morning of our love, when her fond eyes Open like little flowers of Paradise And fill the garden place of dreams with bliss. No glory of the daybreak do I miss -- Blushes that rival daybreak's rosy skies, -- Smiles that are sunshine laughing in disguise, -- And all the sweets of summer in her kiss. Her hair is like a golden mist above The snowy bosom, that unfathomed sea, The undercurrent and the tide whereof Are but the yearning of her heart for me; And in the lyric whisper of her love There is a murmur of eternity. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CAROL: NEW STYLE by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET HOW MY HEART SINKS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON LOVE'S TENDRILS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON MEMORY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON DOWN BY THE CARIB SEA: 4. THE LOTTERY GIRL by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON |