Alas! that men must see
    Love, before Death!
Else they content might be
    With their short breath;
Aye, glad, when the pale sun
Showed restless Day was done,
And endless Rest begun.

Glad, when with strong, cool hand
    Death...

Deep in a Rose’s glowing heart
  I dropped a single kiss,
And then I bade it quick depart,
  And tell my Lady this:
“The love thy Lover tried to send
  O’erflows my fragrant bowl,
But my soft leaves would break and bend,
  Should he send...

O ruddy Lover—
  O brave red Clover!
  Didst think to win her
Thou dost adore?
  She will not love thee,
  She looks above thee,
The Daisy’s gold doth move her more.
  If gold can win her,
  Then Love’s not in her;
  So...

How long I ’ve loved thee, and how well—
    I dare not tell!
Because, if thou shouldst once divine
    This love of mine,
Or did but once my tongue confess
    My heart’s distress,
Far, far too plainly thou wouldst see
    My slavery,...

For E. W. W.
ONE pale November day
  Flying Summer paused,
          They say:
  And growing bolder,
  O’er rosy shoulder
Threw her lover such a glance
That Autumn’s heart began to dance.
          (O happy lover!)

A...

Alas! that men must see
    Love, before Death!
Else they content might be
    With their short breath;
Aye, glad, when the pale sun
Showed restless day was done,
And endless Rest begun.

Glad, when with strong, cool hand
    Death...