I DID not know that life could be so sweet, <br />I did not know the hours could speed so fleet, <br />Till I knew you, and life was sweet again. <br />The days grew brief with love and lack of pain — <br />I was a slave a few short days ago, <br />The powers of Kings and Princes now I know; <br />I would not be again in bondage, save <br />I had your smile, the liberty I crave.<br /><br />Paul Laurence Dunbar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-awakening-37/
