Andrew Lang (1844-1912). Song by the Subconscious Self. Robert Bridges, ed. 1916. The Spirit of Man: An Anthology

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Robert Bridges, ed. (1844–1930). The Spirit of Man: An Anthology. 1916.

Song by the Subconscious Self

Andrew Lang (1844–1912)


I KNOW 1 not what my secret is,
I know but it is mine,
I know to dwell with it were bliss,
To die for it divine.
I cannot yield it in a kiss,	5
Nor breathe it in a sigh;
Enough that I have lived for this,
For this, my love, I die.

Note 1. A. Lang. Song by the Subconscious Self. Rhymes made in a dream. In ‘Ban and Arrière-ban’. But I copied it from the scrap of paper on which my old friend had sent it to me, jotted down, I suppose, on the morrow of its birth. [back]

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