A LOVE-LETTER

By Richard Le Gallienne

Darling little woman, just a little line,

Just a little silver word

For that dear gold of thine,

Only a whisper you have so often heard:

Only such a whisper as hidden in a shell

Holds a little breath of all the mighty sea,

But think what a little of all its depth and swell,

And think what a little is this little note of me.

‘ Darling, I love thee, that is all I live for’ —

There is the whisper stealing from the shell,

But here is the ocean, O so deep and boundless,

And each little wave with its whisper as well.