Heart Songs

<h2><SPAN name="WHAT_THE_POPPIES_SAID" id="WHAT_THE_POPPIES_SAID"></SPAN>What the Poppies Said</h2> <div class="poetry"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="ig">“We have to-day,” so the poppies said<br/></span> <span class="i2">To the west wind softly blowing,<br/></span> <span class="ig">“To-day to hold, in our bosom red,<br/></span> <span class="i2">The great white tears that the night has shed<br/></span> <span class="i0">And the sunbeams warm and glowing.”<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="ig">“We have to-day,” said the lover bold,<br/></span> <span class="i2">“To spell out the sweet old story,<br/></span> <span class="i0">My heart for thine, and the tale is told&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i2">O, be not, sweetheart, so shy and cold,<br/></span> <span class="i0">See, the world is filled with glory!”<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">The west wind sighed to the sea that night,<br/></span> <span class="i2">“<span class="lftspc">’</span>Tis a thought to give one sorrow,<br/></span> <span class="i0">The poppy boasts of her pearls of white,<br/></span> <span class="i2">The lover his store of dear delight,<br/></span> <span class="i0">But neither whispers <i>to-morrow</i>.”<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_074" id="page_074"></SPAN>{74}</span><br/></span></div> </div></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />