Arise Thy Love: I Poem by Folayemi Akande

Arise thy Love
Arise thy Love
Arise so your eyes
May unfold the nightly veil

Arise thy Love
Arise thy Love
That you may
Wear your garment of fragrance
So that lifeless' earth
May better breathe through you

Arise thy Love
Arise thy Love
From thy sweet slumber
And take from me
Your cherry kisses
Which you price
For Your heart

Arise thy Love
Arise thy Love
The meadows and Lillie
Thirst for your breath of spring

Arise thy Love
Arise thy Love
And spread your wings of bliss
Ashore earthly oceans
And heavenly Niles
For thou hath the fairest
Of all mortal saints.

Arise thy Love
Arise thy Love
And acquaint my pale lips
To your red, luscious lips
And unwear thy garment
For my withering eyes
May retain its mellow age
In your breast' fall and swell.

Arise thy Love
Arise thy Love
So earth may devout this day
Adorning each endowment
That made your maiden
Fairest of all.