I. <br /> <br />Let's contend no more, Love, <br /> Strive nor weep: <br />All be as before, Love, <br /> ---Only sleep! <br /> <br /> II. <br /> <br />What so wild as words are? <br /> I and thou <br />In debate, as birds are, <br /> Hawk on bough! <br /> <br /> III. <br /> <br />See the creature stalking <br /> While we speak! <br />Hush and hide the talking, <br /> Cheek on cheek! <br /> <br /> IV. <br /> <br />What so false as truth is, <br /> False to thee? <br />Where the serpent's tooth is <br /> Shun the tree--- <br /> <br /> V. <br /> <br />Where the apple reddens <br /> Never pry--- <br />Lest we lose our Edens, <br /> Eve and I. <br /> <br /> VI. <br /> <br />Be a god and hold me <br /> With a charm! <br />Be a man and fold me <br /> With thine arm! <br /> <br /> VII. <br /> <br />Teach me, only teach, Love <br /> As I ought <br />I will speak thy speech, Love, <br /> Think thy thought--- <br /> <br /> VIII. <br /> <br />Meet, if thou require it, <br /> Both demands, <br />Laying flesh and spirit <br /> In thy hands. <br /> <br /> IX. <br /> <br />That shall be to-morrow <br /> Not to-night: <br />I must bury sorrow <br /> Out of sight: <br /> <br /> X <br /> <br />---Must a little weep, Love, <br /> (Foolish me!) <br />And so fall asleep, Love, <br /> Loved by thee.<br /><br />Robert Browning<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-woman-s-last-word/
