IF but a word of mine could give you joy I'd speak, and o'er your path a radiance shed Of pure delight; nor trace of earth's alloy Should grieve your heart or shadow o'er your head; And all the world for you should golden shine, And one bright smile from you make Heaven in mine. If but a word of mine could give you grace I'd speak; but never lily was more fair; Twin wells of truth uplight the sweetest face Framed in the prisoned glory of your hair, Where sunbeams play in every silken part And weave its coils the tighter round my heart. If but a word of mine can teach you love I'll speak, if lips will serve my heart's behest And tell you that I love you, sweet, above Aught on this earth, the fairest and the best. I see o'er velvet cheek the roses twine And eyes half-veiled have told me you are mine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONGS OF INNOCENCE: INTRODUCTION by WILLIAM BLAKE A PRAYER by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE REVEILLE by FRANCIS BRET HARTE BINSEY POPLARS (FELLED 1879) by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS THE CHINESE NIGHTINGALE; A SONG IN CHINESE TAPESTRIES by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY TO A PINE TREE by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL A GIRL OF POMPEII by EDWARD SANDFORD MARTIN |