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A Song Of Love

1875 –

1935

Oh, drink thou deep of the purple wine,
And it’s hey for love, for I love you so!
Oh, clasp me close, with your lips on mine,
And it’s hey for love, for I love you so!
The sea lies violet, deep, and wide,
My heart beats high with the rushing tide;
Was it fancy, beloved, the seagulls cried:
“Sing loud for love, for I love him so”?

Oh, little boat for tossing wave,
Sing loud for love, for I love him so!
Oh, y’all pine tree in the shadows grave,
Sing loud for love, for I love him so!
The little waves kiss the gleaming sand,
I laugh in the sun on the joyful land;
Beloved, one clasp of your strong young hand;
The world is fair, for I love you so!

More by this poet

Snow in October

Today I saw a thing of arresting poignant beauty:
A strong young tree, brave in its Autumn finery
Of scarlet and burnt umber and flame yellow,
Bending beneath a weight of early snow,
Which sheathed the north side of its slender trunk,
And spread a heavy white chilly afghan
Over its crested leaves.

Alice Dunbar-Nelson

Summit And Vale

The light hangs over the mountain top,
But gray and misty the plain;
The sun’s a-glow in eternal snow,
But down in the valley, the rain.

And life is so, the sun a-glow
On the mountains far, while the rain’s below.

Alice Dunbar-Nelson

1902

A Common Plaint

If I could write a tale to-night,
A tale of thrilling things;
A spice of love, a bit of fight,
The clink of wedding rings,
The villain’s death, and all end right,
If I could write a tale to-night.

Alice Dunbar-Nelson

1900

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A Song Of Love

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Snow in October

Summit And Vale

A Common Plaint

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