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Poem by Alfred Bruce Douglas


A Song


Steal from the meadows, rob the tall green hills,
Ravish my orchard's blossoms, let me bind
A crown of orchard flowers and daffodils,
Because my love is fair and white and kind.

To-day the thrush has trilled her daintiest phrases,
Flowers with their incense have made drunk the air,
God has bent down to gild the hearts of daisies,
Because my love is kind and white and fair.

To-day the sun has kissed the rose-tree's daughter,
And sad Narcissus, Spring's pale acolyte,
Hangs down his head and smiles into the water,
Because my love is kind and fair and white.



Alfred Bruce Douglas


Alfred Bruce Douglas's other poems:
  1. The Shark
  2. Plainte Eternelle
  3. Two Loves
  4. Night Coming into a Garden
  5. Ennui


Poems of the other poets with the same name:

  • William Davenant A Song ("O thou that sleep'st like pig in straw")
  • Robert Binyon A Song ("For Mercy, Courage, Kindness, Mirth")
  • Mark Akenside A Song ("The Shape alone let others prize")
  • Richard Crashaw A Song ("Lord, when the sense of thy sweet grace")
  • Edwin Arnold A Song ("Once — and only once — you gave")
  • Eleanor Farjeon A Song ("It means so little to you")
  • Oliver Holmes A Song ("WHEN the Puritans came over")
  • Lizette Reese A Song ("Oh, Love, he went a-straying")
  • George Crabbe A Song ("As Chloe fair, a new-made bride")
  • Helen Williams A Song ("No riches from his scanty store")

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