Some Poems of Roger Casement — Love's Cares

"Love's Cares" Oh!

what cares Love for a sunburnt skin?

Love laughs and sighs for it all the same;

Love seeks a blush that is far within From the glow of his asking eyes that came-- Oh!

what cares Love for untidy hair?

He sleeps where never a comb has passed, And holds his breath in the tiny snare Of a curl his kiss shall undo at last-- Oh!

what cares Love for a tender heart?

His eyes are filled to their glorious brim;

On tears, on tears from a shining start Love bears it gently away with him.

Oh!

what cares Love for a wounded breast?

Love shows his own with a broader scar: 'Tis only those who have loved the best Can say where the wounds of loving are.

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