Classic Poem

Before you kissed me only winds of heaven
— Had kissed me, and the tenderness of rain —
Now you have come, how can I care for kisses
Like theirs again?

I sought the sea, she sent her winds to meet me,
— They surged about me singing of the south —
I turned my head away to keep still holy
Your kiss upon my mouth.

And swift sweet rains of shining April weather
— Found not my lips where living kisses are;
I bowed my head lest they put out my glory
As rain puts out a star.

I am my love's and he is mine forever,
— Sealed with a seal and safe forevermore —
Think you that I could let a beggar enter
Where a king stood before?