"Had I The Reigns" from "Birthright: Poems for the Journey" by Devi Nina Bingham

 

Had I the Reigns

 Had I the reigns to the sun and moon

dazzling bright at dawn's first light,

sliding Westward in the afternoon,

or the beaming pale of sterling moonlight,

 

I would invite you to ride.

 

But a simpleton of letters am I

endeavoring to bring you rhymes of old,

hoping some day for a reply

to my words of honey and tongue of gold.

 

I would entreat you to settle by my side.

 

I have laid my fondness at your feet

like a chest of Soloman's treasures.

Nothing more pleasant could make me complete,

or persuade me of higher pleasures.

 

I would give you the stars beside.

                    

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