Love's Inspiration
W. H. Davies
1871 to 1940
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Give me the chance, and I will make
Thy of me, like worms this day,
Take wings and to butterflies
That in the golden light shall play;
cold, clear heart—the quiet pool
That never heard Love's nightingale—
Shall hear his music night and day,
And in seasons shall it fail.
I'll make thy happy heart port,
Where all my thoughts are anchored fast;
Thy meditations, full of praise,
The flags of glory on each mast.
I'll make my Soul thy shepherd soon,
With all thoughts my grateful flock;
And thou shalt say, each I go—
How long, my Love, ere thou'lt come back?