I LOOKED and saw your eyes <br />In the shadow of your hair, <br />As a traveller sees the stream <br />In the shadow of the wood; <br />And I said, “My faint heart sighs, <br />Ah me! to linger there, <br />To drink deep and to dream <br />In that sweet solitude.” <br />I looked and saw your heart <br />In the shadow of your eyes, <br />As a seeker sees the gold <br />In the shadow of the stream; <br />And I said, “Ah me! what art <br />Should win the immortal prize, <br />Whose want must make life cold <br />And Heaven a hollow dream?” <br />I looked and saw your love <br />In the shadow of your heart, <br />As a diver sees the pearl <br />In the shadow of the sea; <br />And I murmured, not above <br />My breath, but all apart,— <br />“Ah! you can love, true girl, <br />And is your love for me?”<br /><br />Dante Gabriel Rossetti<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/three-shadows/
