Rendezvous
rhapsody November 26th, 2007
By Ernestine Cobern Beyer,
When Himself’s behind his paper and
the childer sleepin’ sound,
And the moon’s a winkin’ lantern
throwin’ shadows all around,
Forsakin’ fire and hearthstone, down
the Way of Dreams I start
To meet my darlin’ truelove in a
corner of my heart.
His voice is like the west-wind when
it whispers low and sweet,
His words are like the poppies that be
growin’ in the wheat.
I forget the bangin’ shutters and the
candle’s sleepy stare,
When I meet my laughin’ truelove where
he’s waitin’ for me there.
When Himself has grown a-weary
in the cozy evening tide,
A ghost it is that follows him and
settles at his side.
I’ll be so true and faithful that he’ll
never know, shall he,
I go to meet the laughin’ lad, the
lad he used to be!
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I like this poem a lot.
When I was growing up my parents used to buy me a lot of Gustaf Tenggren’s books. This poem is similar to the ones he used to illustrate.