Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AIR CASTLES, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS


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AIR CASTLES, by                    
First Line: I'd build an air castle for thee, love, and me
Last Line: This world would but usher love's eternity.
Subject(s): Castles; Hearts; Love - Nature Of; Passion


I'd build an air castle for thee, love, and me,
Where no one would question, where no one would see:
Mayhap on a mountain, if only with thee,
Where best suits thy fancy that castle shall be.

A castle in Spain, on the land or at sea,
With thee, love, a desert would blossom for me;
A castle in Dreamland where we would be free
To live and to love, dear—forever with thee.

"If wishes were horses then beggars might ride,"
A Lord and a Lady, with thee by my side;
From out of the past, dear, thy Knight I would be,
I'd fight for, I'd live for, I'd die, love, for thee.

I never would tire, dear, thy true love I'd be,
So faithful, so gentle, that thou wouldst love me;
Life here would be Heaven to live it with thee,
This world would but usher Love's eternity.





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