That Love may starve therein
And trouble me no more.’
But over the roofs there came
The wet new wind of May,
And a tune blew up from the curb
Where the street-pianos play.
My room was white with the sun
And Love cried out in me,
‘I am strong, I will break your heart
Unless you set me free.’
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Did you never know, long ago, how much you loved me—
You were young then, proud and fresh-hearted,You were too young to know.Fate is a wind, and red leaves fly before itFar apart, far away in the gusty time of year—Seldom we meet now, but when I hear you speaking,I know your secret, my dear, my dear.Submitted by Venus
They never saw my lover’s face,
Wearing awhile a windy graceAnd passing like an autumn leaf.They wonder why I do not weep,They think it strange that I can sing,They say, ‘Her love was scarcely deepSince it has left so slight a sting.’They never saw my love, nor knewThat in my heart’s most secret placeI pity them as angels doMen who have…
I saw a star slide down the sky,
Too burning and too quick to hold,Too lovely to be bought or sold,Good only to make wishes onAnd then forever to be gone.
If I could have your arms tonight-
Lie between you and me.The autumn rain reverberates in the courtyard,Beating all night against the barren stone,The sound of useless rain in the desolate courtyardMakes me more alone.If you were here, if you were only here-My blood cries out to you all night in vainAs sleepless as the rain.Submitted by Venus
Her voice is like clear water
In forests far and silentWhere Quiet plays alone.Her thoughts are like the lotusAbloom by sacred streamsBeneath the temple archesWhere Quiet sits and dreams.Her kisses are the rosesThat glow while dusk is deepIn Persian garden closesWhere Quiet falls asleep.
The dearest child in all the world,
And that is why this little bookTo David-Boy belongs.