A Wish

Title

A Wish

Creator

Philip Bourke Marston

Source

The Kiote

Publisher

The Kiote

Date

March 1901

Type

Poetry

Text

I do but ask a little time of peace
Before the end of all. I crave no bliss;
I crave no love, nor fame, but only this –
On summer days to bask beneath old trees,
Or half asleep to lie by gentle seas,
Hearing the waves that whisper ere they kiss,
Then break and babble; or, when twilight is,
And one by one the birds from singing cease,
Wander the patient, tranquil hills among
And languish in an exquisite regret,
And hear a sad but not discordant song
Possess the air; and when the sun is set,
Lie down with thankfulness to know, ere long,
All things that ever were I shall forget.

Citation

Philip Bourke Marston, “A Wish,” Nebraska U, accessed October 14, 2024, https://unlhistory.unl.edu/items/show/712.

Output Formats