WAIT but a little while— <br /> The bird will bring <br />A heart in tune for melodies <br /> Unto the spring, <br />Till he who ’s in the cedar there <br />Is moved to trill a song so rare, <br />And pipe her fair. <br /> <br />Wait but a little while— <br /> The bud will break; <br />The inner rose will open and glow <br /> For summer’s sake; <br />Fond bees will lodge within her breast <br />Till she herself is plucked and prest <br />Where I would rest. <br /> <br />Wait but a little while— <br /> The maid will grow <br />Gracious with lips and hands to thee, <br /> With breast of snow. <br />To-day Love ’s mute, but time hath sown <br />A soul in her to match thine own, <br />Though yet ungrown.<br /><br />Norman Rowland Gale<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/song-wait-but-a-little-while/
