The Poetry Corner

Three Women

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

My love is young, so young; Young is her cheek, and her throat, And life is a song to be sung With love the word for each note. Young is her cheek and her throat; Her eyes have the smile o' May. And love is the word for each note In the song of my life to-day. Her eyes have the smile o' May; Her heart is the heart of a dove, And the song of my life to-day Is love, beautiful love. Her heart is the heart of a dove, Ah, would it but fly to my breast Where lone, beautiful love, Has made it a downy nest. Ah, would she but fly to my breast, My love who is young, so young; I have made her a downy nest And life is a song to be sung.