23.07.2007, 08:41
LOVE'S JEALOUSY.
OF other men I know no jealousy,
Nor of the maid who holds thee close, oh close:
But of the June-red, summer-scented rose,
And of the orange-streaked sunset sky
That wins the soul of thee through thy deep eye;
And of the breeze by thee beloved, that goes
O'er thy dear hair and brow; the song that flows
Into thy heart of hearts, where it may die.
I would I were one moment that sweet show
Of flower; or breeze beloved that toucheth all;
Or sky that through the summer eve doth burn.
I would I were the song thou lovest so,
At sound of me to have thine eyelid fall:
But I would then to something human turn.
OF other men I know no jealousy,
Nor of the maid who holds thee close, oh close:
But of the June-red, summer-scented rose,
And of the orange-streaked sunset sky
That wins the soul of thee through thy deep eye;
And of the breeze by thee beloved, that goes
O'er thy dear hair and brow; the song that flows
Into thy heart of hearts, where it may die.
I would I were one moment that sweet show
Of flower; or breeze beloved that toucheth all;
Or sky that through the summer eve doth burn.
I would I were the song thou lovest so,
At sound of me to have thine eyelid fall:
But I would then to something human turn.