SO I have kissed you! And this hour is mine.
Its light along the level future lasts,
It crowns a drab eternity of Pasts!
Here soul and soul have crossed the border-line
Of self, and merged. No years can e'er untwine
This hour from us! What though to-morrow casts
The memory out, and your cold glance contrasts
With this day's rich red lips, need I repine?
No. I have kissed you! And the brief warm flower
Born of our lips perfumes eternity.
From the long loneliness that silently
Stretches behind, before, I am content
To cull this blossom of one perfect hour-
To snatch one star from Time's deep firmament!
The Perfect Present
Arthur Henry Adams
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Poem topics: flower, future, light, memory, perfect, red, star, time, deep, long, cold, level, warm, Valentine's Day, soul, eternity, I love you, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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