A Day of Wine and Roses

Love in a Look 

by Henry Van Dyke

Let me but feel thy look's embrace, 

Transparent, pure, and warm, 

And I'll not ask to touch thy face,

Or fold thee with mine arm.

For in thine eyes a girl doth rise,

Arrayed in candid bliss,

And draws me to her with a charm

More close than any kiss. 

A loving-cup of golden wine,

Songs of a silver brook,

And fragrant breaths of eglantine,

Are mingled in thy look.

More fair they are than any star,

Thy topaz eyes divine --

And deep within their trysting-nook

Thy spirit blends with mine.

This is Home Girl wishing you, today and forevermore, hours filled with abundant love.