Songs (III)

when life is quite through with
and leaves say alas,
much is to do
for the swallow,that closes
a flight in the blue;

when love’s had his tears out,
perhaps shall pass
a million years
(while a bee dozes
on the poppies,the dears;

when all’s done and said,and
under the grass
lies her head
by oaks and roses
deliberated.)

From XLI Poems (The Dial Press, 1925) by E. E. Cummings. This poem is in the public domain.