'TWAS only a passing thought, my love, Only a passing thought, That came o'er my mind like a ray of the sun In the ripples of waters caught; And it seemed to me, and I say to thee, That sorrow and shame and sin Might disappear from our happy sphere, If we knew but to begin; If we knew but how to profit By wisdom dearly bought: 'Twas only a passing thought, my love, Only a passing thought. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THIS SUMMER AND LAST by THOMAS HARDY AS KINGFISHERS CATCH FIRE by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS A NET TO SNARE THE MOONLIGHT by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY VERLAINE by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON SONGS OF TRAVEL: 45. TO S.R. CROCKETT by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON |