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.
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?
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?
Three Shadows
written byDante Gabriel Rossetti
© Dante Gabriel Rossetti