• That fawn-skin-dappled hair of hers,
    And the blue eye
    Dear and dewy,
    And that infantine fresh air of hers!

    To think men cannot take you, Sweet,
    And enfold you,
    Ay, and hold you,
    And so keep you what they make you, Sweet!

    You like us for a glance, you know---
    For a word's sake
    Or a sword's sake,
    All's the same, whate'er the...

  • Let's contend no more, Love,
    Strive nor weep:
    All be as before, Love,
    ---Only sleep!

    What so wild as words are?
    I and thou
    In debate, as birds are,
    Hawk on bough!

    See the creature stalking
    While we speak!
    Hush and hide the talking,
    Cheek on cheek!

    What so false as truth is,
    False to thee?
    Where the serpent's tooth is...