Long thoughts of you burn in my heart tonight, Flame and leap forth in rays of spangled light . . . Though you are far from touch and far from sight Naught shall deter from you my love's swift flight. I send my thoughts free on the fragrant air To find your lips, caress your form so fair; To trace the secrets of your silken hair, To plead and to be answered like a prayer. My love still causes my sad heart to yearn, Still makes this hungry flesh to writhe and burn . . . Break down these barriers, dear, bid me return For more of love's sweet secrets would I learn. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPRING'S NEBRASKA by KAREN SWENSON THE RED TURTLENECK by KAREN SWENSON TO MY DEAR AND LOVING HUSBAND by ANNE BRADSTREET GLOTTO'S TOWER by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW A LETTER FROM A GIRL TO HER OWN OLD AGE by ALICE MEYNELL MOUNTAIN FROLIC by GEORGE LAWRENCE ANDREWS LINES WRITTEN BY A DEATH-BED by MATTHEW ARNOLD |