And my heart is her beauty's dwelling-place.



Dreams


I love a woman tenderly,
But cannot know if she loves me.
I press her hand, her lips I kiss,
But still love's full assurance miss,
Our waking life forever seems
Cleft by a veil of doubt and dreams.

But love and night and sleep combine
In dreams to make her wholly mine.
A sure love lights her eyes' deep blue,
Her hands and lips are warm and true.
Always the fact unreal seems,
And truth I find alone in dreams.



The Light of Love


Each shining light above us
Has its own peculiar grace;
But every light of heaven
Is in my darling's face.