I LOOKED and saw your eyes
In the shadow of your hair,
As a traveller sees the stream
In the shadow of the wood;
And I said, -My faint heart sighs,
Ah me! to linger there,
To drink deep and to dream
In that sweet solitude.â?
I looked and saw your heart
In the shadow of your eyes,
As a seeker sees the gold
In the shadow of the stream;
And I said, -Ah me! what art
Should win the immortal prize,
Whose want must make life cold
And Heaven a hollow dream?â?
I looked and saw your love
In the shadow of your heart,
As a diver sees the pearl
In the shadow of the sea;
And I murmured, not above
My breath, but all apart,-
-Ah! you can love, true girl,
And is your love for me?â?
Three Shadows
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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