Poem: “An Hour” by Henry Van Dyke

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An Hour

You only promised me a single hour: But in that hour I journeyed through a year Of life: the joy of finding you,—the fearOf losing you again,—the sense of powerTo make you all my own,—the sudden shower Of tears that came because you were more dear Than words could ever tell you,—then,—the clearSoft rapture when I plucked love’s crimson flower.

An hour,—a year,—I felt your bosom rise And fall with mystic tides, and saw the gleamOf undiscovered stars within your eyes,— A year,—an hour? I knew not, for the streamOf love had carried me to Paradise, Where all the forms of Time are like a dream.

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