I roamed abroad, beneath the gathering light
Of springtide moon and stars, whose wondrous show
Of beauty o'er the firmament of night,
Filled my rapt heart to tearful overflow.
The zephyr voices breathed a flowing song
Of praise more sweet than ever art of man
Could frame in word or music, and along
The tender sky, an unsubstantial span
Of cloud, as faint as foam that flecks the sea,
Lay, like heaven's smile, above earth's shadowed face;
And all things, filled with holy ecstasy,
Seemed to give thanks for this most perfect grace,
I too gave thanks, that thus 'twas given to me
This onward sign of heavenly Love to see.
Poems
LOVE IN NATURE
From the June 1903 issue of The Christian Science Journal
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