A rose for a young head, A ring for a bride, Joy for the homestead Clean and wide -- Who's that waiting In the rain outside? A heart for an old friend, A hand for the new: Love can to earth lend Heaven's hue -- Who's that standing In the silver dew? A smile for the parting, A tear as they go, God's sweethearting Ends just so -- Who's that watching Where the black winds blows? He who is waiting In the rain outside, He who is standing Where the dew drops wide, He who is watching In the wind must ride -- Tho' the pale hands cling -- With the rose, and the ring, And the bride Must ride, With the red of the rose, And the gold of the ring, And the lips and the hair of the bride. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...KUBLA KHAN by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE TO THE WATER NYMPHS DRINKING AT THE FOUNTAIN by ROBERT HERRICK TO COLIN CLOUT by ANTHONY MUNDAY DAFFODILS by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 70, 71. MUKADDIM, MUWAKHIR by EDWIN ARNOLD THE FROZEN GRAIL (TO PEARY AND HIS MEN) by ELSA BARKER URANIA; THE WOMAN IN THE MOON: THE FIRST CANTO, OR NEW MOON by WILLIAM BASSE |