The Pear-Tree's Shadow
Nora Hopper Chesson
1871 to 1906
The pear-tree's shadow on the wall,
The naked pear-tree fair and tall —
This is my love, and that shall be
An image for your thought of me.
The pear-tree's shadow comes and goes,
The sunshine flows as water flows
Spilled from a vessel on the floor —
It comes and goes and trickles o'er.
So I am in your thought, my own,
Like the tree's shadow, lightly thrown
Upon the brown breast of the wall.
The shadow does not always fall,
The tree itself is always nigh;
Even so, my Dear, my heart and I.
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