Poem by Richard Watson Gilder

The New Day. Part 3. 8. “Thy Lover, Love, Would Have Some Nobler Way”

Thy lover, Love, would have some nobler way
     ⁠To tell his love, his noble love to tell,
⁠     Than rhymes set ringing like a silver bell.
⁠     O, he would lead an army, great and gay,
From conquering to conquer, day by day!
⁠     And when the walls of a proud citadel
⁠     At summons of his guns far-echoing fell—
     ⁠That thunder to his Love should murmuring say:
Thee only do I love, dear Love of mine!
⁠     And while men cried: Behold how brave a fight!
⁠     She should read well, O, well! each new emprize:
This to her lips, this to my lady's eyes!
⁠     And tho' the world were conquered, line on line,
     ⁠Still would his love be speechless, day and night.

1. The New Day. Part 3. 7. Body and Soul
2. The New Day. Part 4. 3. Likeness in Unlikeness
3. The New Day. Part 4. 7. Song (Years have flown since I knew thee first)
4. The New Day. Part 4. 10. The Violin
5. The New Day. Part 4. 17. “He Knows Not the Path of Duty”

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