I LOVE him so, <br />That though his face I ne’er might see, <br />In the assurance that he so loved me <br />This heart of mine would glow <br />With pulses sweeter than the sweetest be <br />That colder ones can know. <br /> <br />I love him so, <br />That to my thought ’twere sweet to sleep <br />Even in death, believing he would keep <br />With solemn step and slow, <br />In Sabbath memory my grave and weep <br />For her who slept below. <br /> <br />I love him so, <br />That all desires when he is by <br />Shrink even from the import of a sigh: <br />As flowers unseen that grow, <br />Being mute must so remain, as in the sky <br />Are stars that none may know!<br /><br />Charles Harpur<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/virginal-love/
