Helen of Troy and Other Poems/Song ("When Love comes singing to his heart")

by Sara Teasdale

For works with similar titles, see Song.

 

SONG

WHEN Love comes singing to his heart
⁠That would not wake for me,
I think that I shall know his joy
⁠By my own ecstasy.

And tho' the sea were all between,
⁠The time their hands shall meet,
My heart will know his happiness,
⁠So wildly it will beat.

And when he bends above her mouth,
⁠Rejoicing for his sake,
My soul will sing a little song,
⁠But oh, my heart will break.