Under the light of the silver moon <br /> We two sat, when our hearts were young; <br />The night was warm with the breath of June, <br /> And loud from the meadow the cricket sung, <br />And darker and deeper, oh, love, than the sea, <br />Were your dear eyes, as they beamed to me. <br /> <br />The moon hung clear, and the night was still: <br /> The waters reflected the glittering skies; <br />The nightingale sang on the distant hill; <br /> But sweeter than all was the light in your eyes - <br />Your dear, dark eyes, your eyes like the sea - <br />And up from the depths shone love for me. <br /> <br />My heart, like a river, was mad and wild - <br /> And a river is not deep, like the sea; <br />But I said yout love was the love of a child, <br /> Compared with the love that was felt by me; <br />A river leaps noisily, kissing the land, <br />But the sea is fathomless, deep and grand. <br /> <br />I vowed to love you, for ever and ever! <br /> I called you cold, on that night in June, <br />But my fierce love, like a reckless river, <br /> Dashed on, and away, and was spent too soon; <br />While yours - ah, yours was deep like the sea; <br />I cheated you, love, but you died for me!<br /><br />Ella Wheeler Wilcox<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/river-and-sea/
