Love, you are my hermitage,
my dwelling for ever.
Just as a happy bachelor
may aspire to be a hermit,
so as your husband(wife) do I dream
of being more married.
Your body is a path leading
through a golden wood;
your love is a clearing
in the center of the forest.
Here have I built my home,
here in you alone.
With you I know a solitude
deeper than my own.
One table, one rocking chair
by the hearth of you--
and in your face a window
brighter than the sky!
Your words are quieter
than my thoughts.
Gladly shall I spend my life
in the cool still hush of you.
When you smile I'm warmed
like earth in the sun.
Your laugh is the brook
at my doorstep.
Gentler are you than breath,
stranger than death.
Just to touch your hair
is more peaceful than sleep.
Surely all my wandering
finds its end in you.
In your brown eyes
may I safely die.
Love, you are my hermitage,
my dwelling for ever.
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