A SONG
Reading edition
I love her for her tenderness, Her sweet abiding grace, Her gentle spirit’s loveliness, Her earnest, winsome face! I love her for her happy ways, Her body’s wondrous bloom, Her smiles which light the heavy days, And straight dispel my gloom! I love her for her honest speech— Her constant soul’s delight— Her honeyed lips the gods would teach To kiss their loves aright! I love her for she kept for me, Those lips where perfect bliss Awaits in reddening ecstasy Her lover’s eager kiss!