Dawn
I have seen the dawn begin With a thread of lavender Hinting, to my leafless sight, There is something more than night. I have seen the dawn begin With a sky of scarlet fire Declaring, high above each tall Leafy tree, that day is all. Whether that receiving ray Shines with great or little power […]
Supplication
God, be kind to crooked things To wrenched old trees, misshapen and awry . . . Let small birds nestle in their leaves, let rain And sunlight, and blue mercies of the sky Fall, in tender recompense for pain Upon them softly. Let their gnarled boughs know The bliss of blossoms sheltered in their shade […]
Oh, I Have Music
You think me deaf? I heard a snowflake fall. I heard a rainbow singing; and the faint, Blue shadowed melody that twilight plays On spinet trees and I heard the quaint Elf music made by moonbeams on still waters, And heaven’s anthems as the stars appear; And once I heard a star . . .Oh, […]