Lovers Coming

Quietly as rosebuds
Talk to thin air,
Love came so lightly
I knew not he was there.

Quietly as lovers
Creep at the middle noon,
Softly as players tremble
In the tears of a tune ;

Quietly as lilies
Their faint vows declare,
Came the shy pilgrim :
I knew not he was there.

Quietly as tears fall
On a warm sin,
Softly as griefs call
In a violin ;

Without hail or tempest,
Blue sword or flame,
Love came so lightly
I knew not that he came.