Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Portuguese XXIX lyrics
[Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Portuguese XXIX lyrics]
I think of thee! -my thoughts
Do twine and bud
About thee, as wild vines, about a tree
Put out broad leaves
And soon there's nought to see
Except the straggling green which
Hides the wood
Yet, O my palm-tree, be it understood
I will not have my thoughts instead of thee
Who art dearer, better! rather, instantly
Renew thy presence as a strong tree should
Rustle thy boughs and set thy trunk all bare
And let these bands of
Greenery which insphere thee
Drop heavily down, -burst, shattered
Everywhere! Because, in this deep joy to
See and hear thee
And breathe within thy shadow a new air
I do not think of thee -I am too near thee
Do twine and bud
About thee, as wild vines, about a tree
Put out broad leaves
And soon there's nought to see
Except the straggling green which
Hides the wood
Yet, O my palm-tree, be it understood
I will not have my thoughts instead of thee
Who art dearer, better! rather, instantly
Renew thy presence as a strong tree should
Rustle thy boughs and set thy trunk all bare
And let these bands of
Greenery which insphere thee
Drop heavily down, -burst, shattered
Everywhere! Because, in this deep joy to
See and hear thee
And breathe within thy shadow a new air
I do not think of thee -I am too near thee