'TIS dawn in the sky of the world, 'Tis dawn in the sky of my heart, And earth is the bud of a rose Whose petals are trembling apart; So I come to your door in the dawn And I breathe you my life in a word. You would smile, you would lean from your window, my Queen, If you heard -- if you heard. THE earth is all throbbing with fire And I am a pulse of the flame; All breathless the universe beats Like a heart that is tuned to your name, As the stars in their courses last night Kept time to each breath that you drew. But our passion is dumb -- oh, my love, you would come If you knew -- if you knew -- YOU would glow in the flush of the dawn You glitter so coldly above. You would lean like a rose to his cry Who yearns to the lips of your love. You would raise him who faints at your feet To a height that his hope never dared. You would warm the poor clod in your arms to a god -- If you cared -- if you cared. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A DAY DREAM by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE BILL AND JOE by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES SOMETIME by MAY LOUISE RILEY SMITH QUATORZAINS: 10. TO POESY by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 29 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING DRAMATIC IDYLS: 2ND SERIES. PROLOGUE by ROBERT BROWNING PARLEYINGS WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE OF IMPORTANCE: GEORGE BUBB DODINGTON by ROBERT BROWNING |