IF you were here, or I were there, Then would I find the season fair. How blissfully the day would rise! How blue would be the summer skies! And all the world a smile would wear. What pleasant things we two would share! By what green paths we two would fare! How sweet would be each day's surprise If you were here! But now my joy is otherwhere; Each day's a burden that I bear; And Pleasure mocks at me and flies, And Pain stands by my side and sighs; And yet I know skies would be fair If you were here. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DAISY by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB by GEORGE GORDON BYRON HYMN TO MONT BLANC [IN THE VALE OF CHAMOUNI] by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE FOUR-LEAF CLOVER by ELLA (RHOADS) HIGGINSON |