HIDING FROM THE WORLD.

Shall not our love be like the violet, Sweet?

And open in the dewy, dustless air

Its dainty chalice with blue petals, where

The shade of bushes makes a shy retreat?

And we will frame our daily happiness

By joining hearts, lips, brows in rapt caress

Far from the world, its noises and conceit ...

Shall we not hide our modest love between

Trees wafting cool on flowers and grasses green?

Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell · 第 107 / 232 题