Poem · Oscar Wilde

To My Wife - With a Copy of My Poems

“To My Wife - With a Copy of My Poems” by Oscar Wilde: full text of the poem (12 lines, 63 words), quatrains. Public domain.

I can write no stately proem
As a prelude to my lay;
From a poet to a poem
I would dare to say.

For if of these fallen petals
One to you seem fair,
Love will waft it till it settles
On your hair.

And when wind and winter harden
All the loveless land,
It will whisper of the garden,
You will understand.

Typesetting this poem in a book

Poetry should not wrap mid-line; if it must, indent the turnover. See the poetry collection guide.