Thomas Campbell - Freedom And Love
How delicious is the winning <br />Of a kiss at love's beginning, <br />When two mutual hearts are sighing <br />For the knot there's no untying! <br />Yet remember, 'Midst our wooing, <br />Love has bliss, but Love has ruing; <br />Other smiles may make you fickle, <br />Tears for other charms may trickle. <br />Love he comes, and Love he tarries, <br />Just as fate or fancy carries; <br />Longest stays, when sorest chidden; <br />Laughs and flies, when press'd and bidden. <br />Bind the sea to slumber stilly, <br />Bind its odour to the lily, <br />Bind the aspen ne'er to quiver, <br />Then bind Love to last for ever. <br />Love's a fire that needs renewal <br />Of fresh beauty for its fuel: <br />Love's wing moults when caged and captured, <br />Only free, he soars enraptured. <br />Can you keep the bee from ranging <br />Or the ringdove's neck from changing? <br />No! nor fetter'd Love from dying <br />In the knot there's no untying.<br /><br />Thomas Campbell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/freedom-and-love/
