[Editor: This poem by William Blocksidge (also known as William Baylebridge) was published in Songs o’ the South (1908).]
IX.
The Love I Bear to Thee
The love I bear to thee
Is like a crystal spring,
Whose waters, pure and free,
Life to the parched earth bring
The love I bear to thee
Is like a graceful flower,
Whose perfect symmetry
Makes beautiful its bower.
The love I bear to thee
Laughs as the tempests blow;
For, though they changeful be,
No change my love can know.
Source:
William Blocksidge, Songs o’ the South, London: Watts, 1908, pp. 27-28
Editor’s notes:
bower = a shaded, leafy resting place or shelter, usually located within a garden or park and often made of latticework upon which plants (especially vines) are grown, or made out of intertwined tree boughs or vines (also known as an “arbor”) (“bower” may also refer to a country cottage or retreat, or to a woman’s bedroom or apartments in a medieval castle or mansion)
thee = (archaic) you
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