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Themes and Variations
QUESTIONS.
I have spoken, though half in doubt;
But longer I would not wait;
She has answered; how strange it seemed
To hear her prescribe my fate.
But longer I would not wait;
She has answered; how strange it seemed
To hear her prescribe my fate.
Friends! We are friends, she says,
But farther,—she hardly knows,—
To-day the moon-daisies are white,
Let us wait till the almond blows.
But farther,—she hardly knows,—
To-day the moon-daisies are white,
Let us wait till the almond blows.
She sat there so calm and serene,
The red hardly stirred in her cheek;
I was angry, and felt like a fool,
While she could so calmly speak.
The red hardly stirred in her cheek;
I was angry, and felt like a fool,
While she could so calmly speak.
Yet we walked by the wreck on the shore,
Where the weeds creep on cabin and rafter;
While the water flowed in with the tide,
Half sobbing, and half in laughter.
Where the weeds creep on cabin and rafter;
While the water flowed in with the tide,
Half sobbing, and half in laughter.