As one, the secret lover of a queen,
Watches her move within the people's eye,
Hears their poor chatter as she passes by,
And smiles to think of what his eyes have seen;
The little room where love did 'shut them in,'
The fragrant couch whereon they twain did lie,
And rests his hand where on his heart doth die
A bruised daffodil of last night's sin:
So, Poet, as I read your rhyme once more
Here where a thousand eyes may read it too,
I smile your own sweet secret smile at those
Who deem the outer petals of the rose
The rose's heart - I, who through grace of you,
Have known it for my own so long before.
To A Poet
Richard Le Gallienne
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Poem topics: I love you, night, people, poor, sweet, long, room, queen, rhyme, poet, heart, love, rose, smile, I miss you, secret, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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