The Heart's Anchor

"The Heart's Anchor"

Think of me as your friend , I pray,

And call me by a loving name;

I will not care what others say,

If only you will remain the same.

I will not care how dark the night,

I will not care how wild the storm,

Your love will fill my heart with light

And shield me close and keep me warm.

William Winter (1863-1917)

A Birthday

"A BIRTHDAY"

MY heart is like a singing bird

Whose nest is in a water'd shoot;

My heart is like an apple-tree

Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit;

My heart is like a rainbow shell

That paddles in a halcyon sea;

My heart is gladder than all these,

Because my love is come to me.

Raise me a daïs of silk and down;

Hang it with vair and purple dyes;

Carve it in doves and pomegranates,

And peacocks with a hundred eyes;

Work it in gold and silver grapes,

In leaves and silver fleurs-de-lys;

Because the birthday of my life

Is come, my love is come to me.

 Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)

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A White Rose

A White Rose

THE red rose whispers of passion,

And the white rose breathes of love;

O, the red rose is a falcon,

And the white rose is a dove.

But I send you a cream-white rosebud

With a flush on its petal tips;

For the love that is purest and sweetest

Has a kiss of desire on the lips.

John Boyle O'Reilly (1844-1890)

Rose

"My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose" is a 1794 song in Scots by Robert Burns based on traditional sources.   The song is also referred to by the title My Love is Like A Red, Red Rose or Red, Red Rose and is often published as a poem.


O my Luve's like a red, red rose
That’s newly sprung in June;
O my Luve's like the melodie
That’s sweetly play'd in tune.

As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in luve am I:
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a’ the seas gang dry:

Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi’ the sun:
I will luve thee still, my dear,
While the sands o’ life shall run.

And fare thee well, my only Luve
And fare thee well, a while!
And I will come again, my Luve,
Tho’ it were ten thousand mile.