Living
Song
Living
My heart to thy heart,
My hand to thine;
My lip to thy lips,
Kisses are wine
Brewed for the lover in sunshine and shade;
Let me drink deep, then, my African maid.
Lily to lily,
Rose unto rose;
My love to thy love
Tenderly grows.
Rend not the oak and the ivy in twain,
Nor the swart maid from her swarthier swain.
Cite this poem
MLA
Dunbar, Paul Laurence. “Song.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/paul-laurence-dunbar/15/.
Chicago
Dunbar, Paul Laurence. “Song.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/paul-laurence-dunbar/15/.
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