Show STUDENT LTPE OTatttng tfie Mentor ®trl Serene I fold my arms and wait Nor care for winds nor tide nor sea I rave no more ’gainst luck and fate For lo! my love shall come to me I stay my haste I make delays For what avails this rapid pace? I stand amid my college days And whom I want shall see my face Asleep awake by night or day The friends I like are seekng me No wind can drive my dart astray For I’ve worked out my destiny What matter if now I stand alone? I wait with joy and coming days My heart shall reap where it has sown And gather up sweet love’s sun rays The waters know their own and draw The brook that springs in yonder heights So draw my love with equal law The manly man my soul’s delight The stars come nightly to the sky The tidal wave comes to the sea No time nor space nor law nor high Can keep my love away from me — Sadie B (With apology to John Burroughs) |