LOVE AMONG THE CLOVER

“If you dare,” she said,

And oh, her breath was clover-sweet!

Clover nodded over her,

Her lips were clover red.

Blackbirds fluted down the wind,

The bobolinks were mad with joy,

The wind was playing in her hair,

And “If you dare,” she said.

Clover billowed down the wind

Far across the happy fields,

Clover on the breezy hills

Leaned along the skies

And all the nodding clover heads

And little clouds with silver sails

And all the heaven's dreamy blue

Were mirrored in her eyes.

Her laughing lips were clover-red

When long ago I kissed her there

And made for one swift moment all

My heaven and earth complete.

I've loved among the roses since

And love among the lilies now,

But love among the clover...

Her breath was clover-sweet.

O wise, wise-hearted boy and girl

Who played among the clover bloom!

I think I was far wiser then

Than now I dare to be.

For I have lost that Eden now,

I cannot find my Eden now,

And even should I find it now,

I've thrown away the key.