'I may not take you with me, heartes dear, Because of the deep faith I owe the king; But this I promise—ere another year Pass on to fading leaf, it shall me bring Back to those arms that all my world ensphere. Against my coming, here I pledge my ring.' For answer she her mute face raised to his, And seal'd him hers with one long deathless kiss. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FAITH by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON FREE FANTASIA ON JAPANESE THEMES by AMY LOWELL TO AN EARLY DAFFODIL; SONNET by AMY LOWELL WHEN I WAS A BIRD by KATHERINE MANSFIELD BONNYBELL: THE GRAY SPHEX by EDGAR LEE MASTERS JUNIUS BRUTUS BOOTH by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |