Ah God, my peerless love, to have known a woman like you
Would (so I have often dreamed) have set my soul on
fire,
Sent the bright blood bubbling, bubbling and rushing through
Veins that were swollen with life, with life and with love’s desire
Ah ! but I never met you ! never, save in my dreams,
And there the clasp of your arms, the kiss of your sorceress lips,
Mocked me – maddened me – struck me awake in the ghastly gleams
Of the earth, moon, sun, and stars, whirled deep in a wild eclipse.
Patience, patience, poor fool! Fold thy fluttering wings,
Fold them for ever still beside a reposeful breast,
And let thine ear but hear the sweetest song that life sings :
” After the day the night, after labour rest,”
(Francis W L Adams)
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