English Poetry. Richard Watson Gilder. The New Day. Part 3. 14. Song (I love her gentle forehead). Ричард Уотсон Гилдер.

Richard Watson Gilder (Ричард Уотсон Гилдер)

The New Day. Part 3. 14. Song (I love her gentle forehead)

I love her gentle forehead,
⁠     And I love her tender hair;
I love her cool, white arms,
     ⁠And her neck where it is bare.

I love the smell of her garments;
⁠     I love the touch of her hands;
I love the sky above her,
⁠     And the very ground where she stands.

I love her doubting and anguish;
⁠     I love the love she withholds;
I love my love that loveth her
⁠     And anew her being molds.

Richard Watson Gilder’s other poems:

1. The New Day. Part 3. 30. The Sower
2. The New Day. Part 3. 15. Listening to Music
3. The New Day. Part 3. 22. The Lover’s Lord and Master
4. The New Day. Part 3. 23. Song (My love grew with the growing night)
5. The New Day. Part 3. 25. A Birthday Song

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