An Old Sweetheart of Mine
An Old Sweetheart of Mine
By James Whitcomb Riley
23 Mar, 2021
The ordered interminglingof the real and the dream,—The mill above the river,and the mist above the stream;The life of ceaseless labor,brave with song and cheery call—The radiant skies of evening,with its rainbow o'er us all.
An Old Sweetheart
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The ordered interminglingof the real and the dream,—The mill above the river,and the mist above the stream;The life of ceaseless labor,brave with song and cheery call—The radiant skies of evening,with its rainbow o'er us all.
An Old Sweetheart of Mine!—Is thisher presence here with me,Or but a vain creation ofa lover's memory?
A fair, illusive visionthat would vanish into airDared I even touch the silencewith the whisper of a prayer? Less