English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. River and Sea (Under the light of the silver moon). Элла Уилкокс.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Элла Уилкокс)

River and Sea (Under the light of the silver moon)

Under the light of the silver moon
We two sat, when our hearts were young; 
The night was warm with the breath of June, 
And loud from the meadow the cricket sung, 
And darker and deeper, oh, love, than the sea, 
Were your dear eyes, as they beamed to me.

The moon hung clear, and the night was still: 
The waters reflected the glittering skies; 
The nightingale sang on the distant hill; 
But sweeter than all was the light in your eyes -
Your dear, dark eyes, your eyes like the sea - 
And up from the depths shone love for me.

My heart, like a river, was mad and wild -
And a river is not deep, like the sea; 
But I said yout love was the love of a child, 
Compared with the love that was felt by me; 
A river leaps noisily, kissing the land, 
But the sea is fathomless, deep and grand.

I vowed to love you, for ever and ever! 
I called you cold, on that night in June, 
But my fierce love, like a reckless river, 
Dashed on, and away, and was spent too soon; 
While yours - ah, yours was deep like the sea; 
I cheated you, love, but you died for me!

Ella Wheeler Wilcox’s other poems:

1. The Phantom Ball
2. The Giddy Girl
3. The Awakening (I love the tropics, where sun and rain)
4. The Bed
5. The Plow of God

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