Then spake I to the tree, " Were ye your own desire What is it ye would be?" Answered the tree to me, " I am my own desire, I am what I would be. " If you were your desire Would you lie under me, And see me as you see?" " I am my own desire While I lie under you, And that which I would be Desire will sing to you." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LA PALOMA IN LONDON by CLAUDE MCKAY THE JAIN BIRD HOSPITAL IN DELHI by WILLIAM MEREDITH FOR THE INVESTITURE by CECIL DAY LEWIS ECSTASY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON STREET-CRIES: 7. A SONG OF LOVE by SIDNEY LANIER |