WILLIAM ROSE BENET

Blue oblivion, largely lit, smiled and smiled at me.

I will love you truly forever and a day!

Who writes poetry imbibes honey from the poisoned lips of life.

You cannot slay yourself in me, Nor I to all eternity Destroy my truest self in you.

And now there is merely silence, silence, silence, saying all we did not know.

And now there is merely silence, silence, silence, saying all we did not know.

Who writes poetry imbibes honey from the poisoned lips of life.

Blue oblivion, largely lit, smiled and smiled at me.

I will love you truly forever and a day!

You cannot slay yourself in me, Nor I to all eternity Destroy my truest self in you.