"I LOVE MY LIFE, BUT NOT TOO WELL" HARRIETT MONROE

I love my life, but not too well
To give it to thee like a flower
 So it may pleasure thee to dwell
Deep in its perfume but an hour.

I love my life, but not too well
 I love my life, but not too well
To sing it note by note away,
So to thy soul the song may tell
The beauty of the desolate day.

 I love my life, but not too well.
 I love my life, but not too well
To cast it like a cloak on thine,
 Against the storms that sound and swell
Between thy lonely heart and mine.
 I love my life, but not too well.
Harriet Monroe [1860-1936]