Oh, what would you have, you splendid sun,
With your restless eyes of fire?
And why do you lean o’er the lilies pale?
What more can your heart desire?
You’ve crimsoned the rays in the heart of the rose,
You’ve drunk up the dewdrops all;
And down in the meadows your golden light
Has gilded the daisies tall.
The thirsty flowers that grow on the hill
Have given their lives to you;
And what do you care, you restless sun,
As you sail through your seas of blue?
Your rays are so warm, like the glances of love,
The lily is mad with delight;
And whispers her secret with silent joy,
As she kisses my face in the night.
What more can you want, O eager sun?
I’ve given my all to you;
I’ve counted my treasures and claimed them not,
What more can I ever do?
But, eager sun, with your restless rays,
Know this, that I love not you;
For the sun that knoweth a world of loves
To one can never be true.
(Fannie Isabelle Sherrick)
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