COME while the afternoon of May Is sweet with many a lilac-spray, Come while the sparrows chirping fare From branch to branch across the square. Come like the dawn and bring to me The fresh winds of an open sea, Come like the stars of night and bear All consolation in thine hair. Bring me release from ancient pain, Bring me the hopes of joy found vain, Bring me thy sweetness of the dove, Come, sweet, and bring thyself and love! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NOTES FOR THE FIRST LINE OF A SPANISH POEM by JAMES GALVIN THEY HAVEN'T HEARD THE WEST IS OVER by JAMES GALVIN TRANSPOSITIONS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON ON A CERTAIN CRITIC by AMY LOWELL |