“ To sit and watch the wavelets as they flow,1
Two,—side by side ;2
To see the gliding clouds that come and go,3
And mark them glide ;4
“ If from low roofs the smoke is wreathing pale,5
To watch it wreathe ;6
If flowers around breathe perfume on the gale,7
To feel them breathe ;8
“ If the bee sips the honeyed fruit that glistens,9
To sip the dew ;10
If the bird warbles while the forest listens,11
To listen too ;12
“ Beneath the willow where the brook is singing13
To hear its song,14
Nor feel, while round us that sweet dream is clinging,15
The hours too long ;16
“ To know one only deep o’er-mastering passion,—17
The love we share ;18
To let the world go worrying in its fashion19
Without one care ;20
“ We only, while around all weary grow,21
Unwearied stand,22
And, midst the fickle changes others know,23
Love—hand in hand.”24