Rain and Roses

<h2><SPAN name="TO_LOVE" id="TO_LOVE"></SPAN>To Love</h2> <div class="poetry"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="ig"><span class="letra">T</span>HO’ I am slow of speech, it matters not,<br/></span> <span class="ih">For this I know you feel and understand.<br/></span> <span class="i0">Tho’ break I at your nearness, yet I draw apart,<br/></span> <span class="i2">With wonder at the touches of your hand.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Your eager eyes, so near my drooping lids<br/></span> <span class="i2">Appraise my flushes, and you understand<br/></span> <span class="i0">How fain I am to go, yet do draw near,<br/></span> <span class="i2">And tremble at the touches of your hands.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Tho’ death should come and seal my eyelids shut,<br/></span> <span class="i2">And tho’ I tremble at his cold commands,<br/></span> <span class="i0">I could be drawn away e’en from the tomb, methinks<br/></span> <span class="i2">If then, dear, you would touch me with your hands.<br/></span> <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_82" id="page_82">{82}</SPAN></span></div> </div></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />