Ah, bonnie darling, lift your dark eyes dreaming! See, the firelight fills the gloaming, though deep darkness grows without— [Hush, dear, hush, I hear the sea-birds screaming, And down beyond the haven the tide comes with a shout!] Ah, birdeen, sweetheart, sure he is not coming, He who has your hand in his, while I have all your heart— [Hush, dear, hush, I hear the wild bees humming Far away in the underworld where true love shall not part!] Darling, darling, darling, all the world is singing, Singing, singing, singing a song of joy for me! [Hush, dear, hush, what wild sea-wind is bringing Gloom o' the sea about thy brow, athwart the eyes of thee?] Ah, heart o' me, darling, darling, all my heart's aflame! Sure, at the last we are all in all, all in all we two! @3At the Door@1 A VOICE This is the way I take my own, this is the boon I claim! Sure at the last, ye are all in all, all in all, ye two— @3(Later, in the dark, the living brooding beside the dead:—)@1 Ah, hell of my heart! Ye are dust to me—and dust with dust may woo! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE NO-LONGER-MERRY ANCIENT MONARCH by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS TIPPERARY: 3. AS THE INTERLINEARS MIGHT TAKE IT FROM XENOPHON by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS EPIGRAM by DECIMUS MAGNUS AUSONIUS SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 20. 'SONG IS NOT DEAD' by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) PSALMS 71. PRAYER AND SONG OF THE AGED CHRISTIAN by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE BLESS THE BLESSED MORN by HORATIO (HORATIUS) BONAR ADAM, LILITH, AND EVE by ROBERT BROWNING |