Love
A Lover's Song
From My Lyrical Life, First Series (1889)
" One so fair — none so fair.
In her eyes so true
Love's most inner Heaven bare
To the balmiest blue!
" One so fair — none so fair.
In the skies no Star
Like my Star of Earth so near-
They but shine afar.
"One so fair — none so fair.
All too sweet it seems:
Wale me not, O world of care,
If I walk in dreams.
" One so fair — none so fair.
O my bosom-guest,
Love ne'er smiled a happier pair
To the bridal-nest.
"One so fair — none so fair.
Lean to me, sweet Wife:
Light will be the load ice bear:
Two hearts in one life."
Codex Note
From the section "Carmina Nuptialia" of My Lyrical Life, First Series (1889).
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Massey, Gerald. “A Lover's Song.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/massey/141/.
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Massey, Gerald. “A Lover's Song.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/massey/141/.
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