Like Thistledown
The poet yearns for his words to reach his love
Day and night I sit pensive and alone, Seeking just the right words my love to tell, Words that I hope will melt a heart of stone, And there in that heart find a place to dwell. But my labours are all in vain I fear And like thistledown on a summer day, My verse from view will too soon disappear, And on the fickle wind be blown away. While butterflies have their day in the sun, My words are like those creatures of the nig...