Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I

Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I.

The sun was streaming in: I woke, and said, "Where is my wife,that has been made my wife Only this year?" The casement stood ajar: I did but lift my head: The pear-tree dropped, The great white pear-tree dropped with dew from leaves And blossom, under heavens of happy blue. My wife had wakened first, and had gone down Into the orchard. All the air was calm; Audible humming filled it. At the roots Of peony bushes lay in rose-red heaps, Or snowy, fallen bloom. The crag-like hills Were tossing down their silver messengers, And two brown foreigners, called cuckoo-birds, Gave them good answer; all things else were mute; An idle world lay listening to their talk, They had it to themselves. What ails my wife? I know not if aught ails her; though her step Tell of a conscious quiet, lest I wake. She moves atween the almond boughs, and bends One thick with bloom to look on it. "O love! A little while thou hast withdrawn thyself, At unaware to think thy thoughts alone: How sweet, and yet pathetic to my heart The reason. Ah! thou art no more thine own. Mine, mine, O love! Tears gather 'neath my lids, Sorrowful tears for thy lost liberty, Because it was so sweet. Thy liberty, That yet, O love, thou wouldst not have again. No; all is right. But who can give, or bless, Or take a blessing, but there comes withal Some pain?" She walks beside the lily bed, And holds apart her gown; she would not hurt The leaf-enfolded buds, that have not looked Yet on the daylight. O, thy locks are brown, Fairest of colors!and a darker brown The beautiful, dear, veiled, modest eyes. A bloom as of blush roses covers her Forehead, and throat, and cheek. Health breathes with her, And graceful vigor. Fair and wondrous soul! To think that thou art mine! My wife came in, And moved into the chamber. As for me, I heard, but lay as one that nothing hears, And feigned to be asleep. The racing river leaped, and sang Full blithely in the perfect weather, All round the mountain echoes rang, For blue and green were glad together. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 13223
Author: Ingelow, Jean
Release Date: Aug 19, 2004
Format: eBook
Language: English