Pool, The

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <h4>THE POOL</h4> <div class="stanza"> <div class="i0">By the pool that I see in my dreams, dear love,</div> <br/> <div class="i1">I have sat with you time and again;</div> <br/> <div class="i0">And listened beneath the dank leaves, dear love,</div> <br/> <div class="i1">To the sibilant sound of the rain.</div> <br/></div> <div class="stanza"> <div class="i0">And the pool, it is silvery bright, dear love,</div> <br/> <div class="i1">And as pure as the heart of a maid,</div> <br/> <div class="i0">As sparkling and dimpling, it darkles and shines</div> <br/> <div class="i1">In the depths of the heart of the glade.</div> <br/></div> <div class="stanza"> <div class="i0">But, oh, I 've a wish in my soul, dear love,</div> <br/> <div class="i1">(The wish of a dreamer, it seems,)</div> <br/> <div class="i0">That I might wash free of my sins, dear love,</div> <br/> <div class="i1">In the pool that I see in my dreams.</div> <br/></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />