For thy sake, sweet, I keep the great clear wave Silent and moveless,—still, within my heart. I help thee, love, to play thy daily part In patience, and through love the world to save. Our bright star glistens, bright beyond the grave, And here we have the silver voice of Art To cheer and gladden; and, to soothe each smart, Love,—stalwart, pure, indomitable, brave. I keep the great wave still': although 'tis there Ready, if even on earth a greater need Arise,—some wrong e'en Love were weak to bear. Till then I hold, for so hath Love decreed, The wave that might devour with fiercest spray, Still as the blue sea on a summer day. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INEBRIATE by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM FIVE KERNELS OF CORN [APRIL, 1622] by HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH TO THE LADYBIRD by MOTHER GOOSE JACK CREAMER [OCTOBER 25, 1812] by JAMES JEFFREY ROCHE THE PUMPKIN by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER ROBERT BURNS by WILLIAM ALEXANDER (1567-1640) THE CHANCE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |