Poem: Verlaine for Birthday

For my wife's birthday card, I included the following poem excerpt from "In Muted Tone" by Paul Verlaine.

Gently, let us steep our love

In the silence deep, as thus,

Branches arching high above

Twine their shadows over us.

Let us blend our souls as one,

Hearts’ and senses’ ecstasies,

Evergreen, in unison

With the pines’ vague lethargies.

The full poem can be found at the Poetry Foundation website.