I'd build an air castle for thee, love, and me, Where no one would question, where no one would see: Mayhap on a mountain, if only with thee, Where best suits thy fancy that castle shall be. A castle in Spain, on the land or at sea, With thee, love, a desert would blossom for me; A castle in Dreamland where we would be free To live and to love, dear—forever with thee. "If wishes were horses then beggars might ride," A Lord and a Lady, with thee by my side; From out of the past, dear, thy Knight I would be, I'd fight for, I'd live for, I'd die, love, for thee. I never would tire, dear, thy true love I'd be, So faithful, so gentle, that thou wouldst love me; Life here would be Heaven to live it with thee, This world would but usher Love's eternity. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PIED BEAUTY by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS ON LUCY, COUNTESS OF BEDFORD by BEN JONSON SAGE COUNSEL by ARTHUR THOMAS QUILLER-COUCH THE CONQUERED BANNER by ABRAM JOSEPH RYAN COWBOY VERSUS BRONCHO by JAMES BARTON ADAMS WHITENESS, OR CHASTITY by JOSEPH BEAUMONT LAMENT OF MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS, ON THE APPROACH OF SPRING by ROBERT BURNS |