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Cary, Alice, 1820-1871 [1859], The adopted daughter and other tales. (J.B. Smith and Company, Philadelphia) [word count] [eaf487T]. To look up a word in a dictionary, select the word with your mouse and press 'd' on your keyboard.
BY MARY. I love you—'tis the simplest way The thing I feel to tell, Yet if I told it all the day You'd never guess how well; You are my comfort and my light, My very life you seem, I think of you all day—all night 'Tis but of you I dream. There's pleasure in the lightest word That you can speak to me; My soul is like æolian chord, And vibrates unto thee: I never read the love song yet So thrilling, fond, or true, But in my own heart I have met Some kinder thought for you. I bless the shadows on your face, The light upon your hair, I'd like for hours to sit and trace The passing changes there: I love to hear your voice's tone, Although you should not say A single word to dream upon, When that had died away. Oh, you are kindly as the beam That warms where'er it plays, And you are gentle as a dream Of happy future days; And you are strong to do the right, And swift the wrong to flee; But if you were not half so bright You are all the world to me.
Cary, Alice, 1820-1871 [1859], The adopted daughter and other tales. (J.B. Smith and Company, Philadelphia) [word count] [eaf487T]. |
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