A SONG

I will not say my true love’s eyes

Outshine the noblest star;

But in their depth of lustre lies

My peace, my truce, my war.

I will not say upon her neck

Is white to shame the snow;

For if her bosom hath a speck

I would not have it go.

My love is as a woman sweet,

And as a woman white;

Who’s more than this is more than meet

For me and my delight.

Norman R. Gale.