Henry Timrod (Генри Тимрод)

Sonnets. 2. Most Men Know Love But as a Part of Life

Most men know love but as a part of life;
They hide it in some corner of the breast,
Even from themselves; and only when they rest
In the brief pauses of that daily strife,
Wherewith the world might else be not so rife,
They draw it forth (as one draws forth a toy
To soothe some ardent, kiss-exacting boy)
And hold it up to sister, child, or wife.
Ah me! why may not love and life be one?
Why walk we thus alone, when by our side,
Love, like a visible God, might be our guide?
How would the marts grow noble! and the street,
Worn like a dungeon-floor by weary feet,
Seem then a golden court-way of the Sun!

1. The Rosebuds
2. Hymn Sung at an Anniversary of the Asylum of Orphans at Charleston
3. A Cry to Arms
4. Youth and Manhood
5. On Pressing Some Flowers

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