Winding all my life about thee, <br />Let me lay my lips on thine; <br />What is all the world without thee, <br />Mine --oh mine! <br /> <br />Let me press my heart out on thee, <br />Grape of life's most fiery vine, <br />Spilling sacramental on thee <br />Love's red wine. <br /> <br /> <br />Let thy strong eyes yearning o'er me <br />Draw me with their force divine; <br />All my soul has gone before me <br />Clasping thine. <br /> <br />Irresistibly I follow, <br />As whenever we may run <br />Runs our shadow, as the swallow <br />Seeks the sun. <br /> <br />Yea, I tremble, swoon, surrender <br />All my spirit to thy sway, <br />As a star is drowned in splendour <br />Of the day.<br /><br />Mathilde Blind<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/winding-all-my-life-about-thee/
