Love's Springtide

By Frank Dempster Sherman

1860-1916

My heart was winter-bound until
         I heard you sing;
O voice of Love, hush not, but fill
         My life with Spring!

My hopes were homeless things before
         I saw your eyes;
O smile of Love, close not the door
         To paradise!

My dreams were bitter once, and then
         I found them bliss;
O lips of Love, give me again
         Your rose to kiss!

Springtide of Love! The secret sweet
         Is ours alone;
O heart of Love, at last you beat
         Against my own!

DayPoems Poem No. 1170
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