Classic Poem

TOGETHER

Through the wild world together,
Through summer scented weather
Like winds, we'll sally forth —
And I will be the breeze
At whose touch glaciers freeze
In the strange lands of the north:
But thou shalt be the west wind,
The gentle rose-caressed wind,
The balmy-breathed and blest wind
That gladdens green soft leas.

Oh, we will wait for lovers
Within the hazel covers,
And whisper in their ears;
And thou shalt teach the roses
Each summer month discloses
Young flowerlike hopes and fears;
And I will gently carry
The wings of birds, and marry
The sighing flowers, and tarry
To soothe a snowdrop's tears!

Oh wilt thou then, dear west wind,
Within thy white soft breast, wind,
Gather the wings of me:
That in the end my lonely
Pain be faint memory only,
Like cloud upon the sea
That fadeth at the breaking
Of morning — so mine aching,
Sweet west wind, from me taking,
Mingle mine heart with thee.