I love thee for the soul that shines
Within thine eyes’ soft beaming,
From out whose depths the prisoned fires
Of intellect are gleaming.
I love thee for the mind that soars
Beyond earth’s narrow keeping,
That measures suns, and stars, and worlds,
Through boundless limits sweeping.
I love thee for the voice whose power
Can in my heart awaken
To passioned life each slumbering chord
The ruder tones have shaken.
Thou ne’er, perchance, mayst feel the chain
With which this love has bound thee,
Nor dream thee of the hand that flung
Its glittering links around thee.
And vainly mayst thou deem the task
Thy captive bounds to sever–
Who madly dates to love thee now
Will love thee on forever.
(Madge Morris Wagner)
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