Let's contend no more,Love
Strive nor weep;
All be as before,Love
Only sleep!
What so wild as words are?
I and thou In debate,as birds are
In debate,as birds are,
Hawk on bough!
See the creature stalking
While we speak!
Hush and hide the talking
Cheek on cheek!
What so false as truth is
False to thee?
Where the serpent's tooth is
Shun the tree
Where the apple reddens
Never pry-
Lest we lose our Edens
Eve and I.
Be a god and hold me
With a charm!
Be a man and fold me
With thine arm!
Teach me, only teach,Love!
As I ought
I will speak thy speech,Love
Think thy thought-
Meet, if thou require it
Both demands,
Laying flesh and spirit
In thy hands.
That shall be tomorrow
Not tonight:
I must bury sorrow
Out of sight:
Must a little weep, Love
(Foolish me!)And so fall asleep, Love,Loved by thee.