Blue and Purple by Francis Neilson - HTML preview

A SONG

I LOVE her for her tenderness,

Her sweet abiding grace,

Her gentle spirit’s loveliness,

Her earnest, winsome face!

I love her for her happy ways,

Her body’s wondrous bloom,

Her smiles which light the heavy days,

And straight dispel my gloom!

I love her for her honest speech—

Her constant soul’s delight—

Her honeyed lips the gods would teach

To kiss their loves aright!

I love her for she kept for me,

Those lips where perfect bliss

Awaits in reddening ecstasy

Her lover’s eager kiss!