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Poem by Thomas Hood


Song (There is dew for the flow'ret)


There is dew for the flow'ret*
  And honey for the bee,
And bowers for the wild bird,
  And love for you and me.

There are tears for the many
  And pleasures for the few;
But let the world pass on, dear,
  There's love for me and you.

There is care that will not leave us,
  And pain that will not flee;
But on our hearth unalter'd
  Sits Love--'tween you and me.

_Our_ love it ne'er was reckon'd,
  Yet good it is and true,
It's _half_ the world to me, dear,
  It's _all_ the world to you.

* The first two stanzas by Hood, the other two contributed by Barry Cornwall at the request of Mrs. Hood, with a view to the poem being set to music.



Thomas Hood


Thomas Hood's other poems:
  1. My Heart Is Sick with Longing
  2. Song (The stars are with the voyager)
  3. Stanzas (Is there a bitter pang for love removed)
  4. In Rotterdam
  5. Lines on Seeing My Wife and Two Children Sleeping in the Same Chamber


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