I love Him so,
That though his face I ne'er might see,
In the assurance that he so loved me,
My happy heart would glow
With pulses sweeter than the sweetest be
That colder ones can know.
I love Him so,
That to my thought 'twere sweet to sleep
Even in death, believing he would keep,
With solemn steps and slow,
In sabbath memory my Grave, and weep
For Her who slept below.
I love Him so,
That all desires when he is by,
Shrink even from the import of a sigh;
As flowers unseen that grow,
Being mute, must so remain; as in the sky
Are stars that none may know.
First published in The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature, 3 May 1845;
and later in
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser, 11 July 1846;
The Bushrangers, a Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems by Charles Harpur, 1853; and
The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur edited by Elizabeth Perkins, 1984
Note: this poem is also known by the title "Virginal Love".
Author reference sites: Austlit, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Australian Poetry Library
See also.
That though his face I ne'er might see,
In the assurance that he so loved me,
My happy heart would glow
With pulses sweeter than the sweetest be
That colder ones can know.
I love Him so,
That to my thought 'twere sweet to sleep
Even in death, believing he would keep,
With solemn steps and slow,
In sabbath memory my Grave, and weep
For Her who slept below.
I love Him so,
That all desires when he is by,
Shrink even from the import of a sigh;
As flowers unseen that grow,
Being mute, must so remain; as in the sky
Are stars that none may know.
First published in The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature, 3 May 1845;
and later in
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser, 11 July 1846;
The Bushrangers, a Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems by Charles Harpur, 1853; and
The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur edited by Elizabeth Perkins, 1984
Note: this poem is also known by the title "Virginal Love".
Author reference sites: Austlit, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Australian Poetry Library
See also.
