. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . red infidel. Tell all thy secrets, teach thy dissonance; And when thou hast obtained her private faith, Whisper to her the love that holds me thrall, Whisper the things I cannot dare unfold: How all my days are strainings after speech And all my nights become one silent voice. Speak low, thou wind, that she may know thee true; And when tonight she prays in maiden-wise For all things good and pure, do thou steal in— Careful of rustling at thy curtained gate; And careful, too, against beholding there If aught be evident of such truant toes As peep about
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . red infidel. Tell all thy secrets, teach thy dissonance; And when thou hast obtained her private faith, Whisper to her the love that holds me thrall, Whisper the things I cannot dare unfold: How all my days are strainings after speech And all my nights become one silent voice. Speak low, thou wind, that she may know thee true; And when tonight she prays in maiden-wise For all things good and pure, do thou steal in— Careful of rustling at thy curtained gate; And careful, too, against beholding there If aught be evident of such truant toes As peep about and blush upon the moon. Impatient for the kiss of the smooth sheets; More careful yet of contemplating how The tender breasts yearn so exultingly Against the subtle touch of the soft lace; Bewaring also lest thou be ensnared Among those night-enchanted strands of gold Caressed to silver by the seeking stars— And then, 0 ! wind, most sacrilegious wind, Whisper thou gently to her mother-heart How, when / kneel to God, I think of her !. Ml m
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