Classic Poem

The Wood Dove

Gentle purple-throated dove
Nesting in the bamboo grove,
Cooing, cooing, cooing;
I've a secret for you, dear
Let me whisper in your ear
Let no other creature hear;
'I would be my undoing

Tenderly pressed, pressed, pressed
Soft in your nest, nest, nest,
Carefully list, list, list,
If I be kissed, kissed, kissed,
If I be — —

There, you know my secret now,
You, too, on the topmost bough
Wooing, wooing, wooing
Did you tremble when he came?
Did you feel his lips a-flame?
But you shall not know his name;
'I would be my undoing

Tenderly pressed, pressed, pressed
Close to his breast, breast, breast,
Under your nest, nest, nest,
There shall I rest, rest, rest,
There shall I — — English