My faithful friend, if you can see
The fruit to grow up, or the tree;
If you can see the colour come
Into the blushing pear or plum;
If you can see the water grow
To cakes of ice, or flakes of snow;
If you can see that drop of rain
Lost in the wild sea once again;
If you can see how dreams do creep
Into the brain by easy sleep:--
--Then there is hope that you may see
Her love me once, who now hates me.
Impossibilities: To His Friend
Robert Herrick
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Poem topics: I love you, friend, hope, lost, rain, sea, sleep, snow, tree, water, wild, fruit, brain, ice, easy, colour, love, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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