Explore "Some Verses: Poems: SONG" by Helen Hay Whitney on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
Love is a broken lily, / A pale and crownless rose / With golden heart made chilly / By traitor touch of snows. / So sleep my heart -- lie sleeping / Nor open weary eyes, / For waking is but weeping / And Sleep is Paradise.
Love is a cadence trailing / Where broken music falls, / A hapless shadow sailing / Across deserted walls. / So still my heart lie sleeping / Till love's hot sun be set, / For waking is but weeping. / Asleep -- sad eyes forget.