Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Portuguese XX lyrics
[Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Portuguese XX lyrics]
Belovèd, my Belovèd, when I think
That thou wast in the world a year ago
What time I sat alone here in the snow
And saw no footprint, heard the silence sink
No moment at thy voice, but, link by link
Went counting all my chains as if that so
They never could fall off at any blow
Struck by thy possible hand, -why
Thus I drink
Of life's great cup of wonder! Wonderful
Never to feel thee thrill the day or night
With personal act or speech, nor ever cull
Some prescience of thee with
The blossoms white
Thou sawest growing! Atheists are as dull
Who cannot guess God's presence out of sight
That thou wast in the world a year ago
What time I sat alone here in the snow
And saw no footprint, heard the silence sink
No moment at thy voice, but, link by link
Went counting all my chains as if that so
They never could fall off at any blow
Struck by thy possible hand, -why
Thus I drink
Of life's great cup of wonder! Wonderful
Never to feel thee thrill the day or night
With personal act or speech, nor ever cull
Some prescience of thee with
The blossoms white
Thou sawest growing! Atheists are as dull
Who cannot guess God's presence out of sight