Absence

By Thomas William Heney

Born 11/1862


Ah, happy air that, rough or soft,
         May kiss that face and stay;
And happy beams that from above
         May choose to her their way;
And happy flowers that now and then
         Touch lips more sweet than they!

But it were not so blest to be
         Or light or air or rose;
Those dainty fingers tear and toss
         The bloom that in them glows;
And come or go, both wind and ray
         She heeds not, if she knows.

But if I come thy choice should be
         Either to love or not --
For if I might I would not kiss
         And then be all forgot;
And it were best thy love to lose
         If love self-scorn begot.

DayPoems Poem No. 907
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