1
Let's contend no more, Love,
  Strive nor weep:
All be as before, Love,
  —Only sleep!
 
2
What so wild as words are?
  I and thou
In debate, as birds are,
  Hawk on bough!
 
3
See the creature stalking
  While we speak!
Hush and hide the talking,
  Cheek on cheek!
 
4
What so false as truth is,
  False to thee?
Where the serpent's tooth is
  Shun the tree—
 
5
Where the apple reddens
  Never pry—
Lest we lose our Edens,
  Eve and I.
 
6
Be a god and hold me
  With a charm!
Be a man and fold me
  With thine arm!
 
7
Teach me, only teach, Love
  As I ought
I will speak thy speech, Love,
  Think thy thought—
 
8
Meet, if thou require it,
  Both demands,
Laying flesh and spirit
  In thy hands.
 
9
That shall be to-morrow
  Not to-night:
I must bury sorrow
  Out of sight:
 
10
—Must a little weep, Love,
  (Foolish me!)
And so fall asleep, Love,
  Loved by thee.