Featured Poem: Lines by Thomas Hood

Our Featured Poem for February is 'Lines' by Thomas Hood, selected and read by Frances.

Lines

by Thomas Hood

Let us make a leap, my dear,
In our love, of many a year,
And date it very far away,
On a bright clear summer day,
When the heart was like a sun
To itself, and falsehood none;
And the rosy lips a part
Of the very loving heart,
And the shining of the eye
But a sign to know it by; -
When my faults were all forgiven,
And my life deserved of Heaven.
Dearest, let us reckon so,
And love for all that long ago;
Each absence count a year complete,
And keep a birthday when we meet.

The anthology A Poem to Read Aloud Every Day of the Year ed. by Liz Ison can be purchased via The Reader's website here.