SINCE I HAVE LOVED
Reading edition
Since I have loved, I have put the world in my heart. The great clouds scattering over Cotswold seem But shadows of those others counterpart: Those clouds standing over hills of dream— Hills of dream in a country that is called Peace—a country by my own heart walled. Since I do love and bear you in my breast, Who are both my beloved country and its queen, I wonder not to see red dawn uprise. I say no more how restful is the green Of summer fields, for looking on your eyes It is as though I had died and found my rest.