'FLOWERS nodding gaily, scent in air, <br />Flowers posied, flowers for the hair, <br />Sleepy flowers, flowers bold to stare----' <br /> 'O pick me some!' <br /> <br />'Shells with lip, or tooth, or bleeding gum, <br />Tell-tale shells, and shells that whisper Come, <br />Shells that stammer, blush, and yet are dumb----' <br /> 'O let me hear.' <br /> <br />'Eyes so black they draw one trembling near, <br />Brown eyes, caverns flooded with a tear, <br />Cloudless eyes, blue eyes so windy clear----' <br /> 'O look at me!' <br /> <br />'Kisses sadly blown across the sea, <br />Darkling kisses, kisses fair and free, <br />Bob-a-cherry kisses 'neath a tree----' <br /> 'O give me one!' <br /> <br />Thus sand a king and queen in Babylon.<br /><br />Thomas Sturge Moore<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-duet/
