AlgernonCharlesSwinburne
WeareinLove'slandtoday, Whereshallwego?
Love, shallwestartorstay,
Orsailorrow?
There'smanyawindandway,
AndneveraMaybutMay;
Weareinlove'shandtoday;
Whereshallwego?
Ourland-windisthebreath
Ofsorrowskissedtodeath
Andjoysthatwere;
Ourballastisarose;
OurwaylieswhereGodknows
Andloveknowswhere.
Weareinlove'shandtoday—
OurseamenarefledgedLoves,
Ourmastsarebillsofdoves,
Ourdecksfinegold;
Ourropesaredeadmaids'hair, Ourstoresarelove-shaftsfair
Andmanifold.
Weareinlove'slandtoday—
Whereshallwelandyou, sweet?
Onfieldsofstrangemen'sfeet,
Orfieldsnearhome?
Orwherethefire-flowersblow, Orwheretheflowersofsnow
Orflowersoffoam?
Weareinlove'shandtoday—
Landme, shesays, wherelove
Showsbutoneshaft, onedove,
Oneheart, oneland.—
Ashorelikethat, mydear,
Lieswherenomanwillsteer,
Nomaidenland.
