Love And A Question

Love and a Question by Robert Frost A stranger came to the door at eve, And he spoke the bridegroom fair. He bore a green-white stick in his hand, And for all burden, care. He asked with the eyes more than the lips For a shelter for the night, And he turned and looked at the road afar Without a window-light. The bridegroom came forth into the porch With let us look at the sky, And question what of the night to be, Stranger, you and I. The woodbine leaves littered the yard, The woodbine berries were blue, Autumn yes, winter was in the wind, Stranger, I wish I knew. Within the bride, in the dusk alone, Bent over the open fire, Her face rose red with the glowing coal And the thought of the heart's desire. The bridegroom looked at the weary road, Yet saw but her within, And wished her heart in a case of gold, And pinned with a silver pin. The bridegroom thought it little to give A dole of bread a purse, A heartfelt prayer for the poor of God, Or for the rich a curse. But whether or not a man was asked To mar the love of two, By harboring woe in the bridal house, The bridegroom wished he knew.