William Stanley Braithwaite, "A Little World" (1901)
When cares and heart -aches from our lives are gone ,
No bitter strife will stoop our souls to kiss
For peace from mated love will then be born .
A little world made up of you and I—
We two a whole creation , soul and heart ,
Where I will be as sun in June's soft sky ,
And thou the moon , our world's serener part .
And in our world of love will be no drouth ;
The hours will be as flowers , fair and sweet ;
Kissed ever by soft breezes from the south
Low-winnowed with bird songs for lovers meet .
Published in Colored American Magazine, September 1901