Tangled in thought am I,
Stumble in speech do I?
Do I blunder and blush for the reason why?
Wander aloof do I,
Lean over gates and sigh,
Making friends with the bee and the butterfly?
If thus and thus I do,
Dazed by the thought of you,
Walking my sorrowful way in the early dew,
My heart cut through and through
In this despair of you,
Starved for a word or a look will my hope renew:
give then a thought for me
Walking so miserably,
Wanting relief in the friendship of flower or tree;
Do but remember, we
Once could in love agree,
Swallow your pride, let us be as we used to be.
A Lover Since Childhood
Robert Graves
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Poem topics: I love you, butterfly, despair, flower, heart, hope, pride, remember, tree, agree, speech, early, relief, reason, love, walking, thought, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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