I took God's blessing with me to their home
So new, so fresh, appointed with such care;
And contemplating happiness to come
I sensed its quick fulfillment everywhere.
No casement barred the light from entering;
No latch but yielded quickly to the touch;
Harmony there, in every simple thing
A beauty unadorned, adorning much.
I left God's blessing with them as I went,
And Love illumed the simple whispered word;
Carrying with me all that blessing meant
I gathered while I sowed, unspent, unheard.
