Trees are for lovers.
 A spirit has led them
 Where the young boughs meet
 And the green light hovers,
 And shadowy winds blow sweet.
 Trees spring to heaven!
 So their hearts would spring,
 So would they outpour
 All the heart discovers
 Of its own wild treasure
 Into speech, and sing
 Like the tree from its core
 Sweet words beyond measure
 Like leaves in the sun
 Dancing every one
 And weaving a fairy
 Cave of quivering rays
 And of shadows starry
 Where those lovers, drowned
 Each in the other's gaze,
 Lose all time, abound
 In their perfect giving;
 Give and never tire
 Of their fulness, still
 In the fresh leaves living
 One full song unsated
 Of the flower Desire
 And Delight the fruit;
 Love, that's mated.
Trees are For Lovers
written byRobert Laurence Binyon
© Robert Laurence Binyon





