Foliage: Various Poems






THE WONDER MAKER

     Come, if thou'rt cold to Summer's charms,
       Her clouds of green, her starry flowers,
     And let this bird, this wandering bird,
       Make his fine wonder yours;
     He, hiding in the leaves so green,
       When sampling this fair world of ours,
     Cries cuckoo, clear; and like Lot's wife,
     I look, though it should cost my life.

     When I can hear that charmed one's voice,
       I taste of immortality;
     My joy's so great that on my heart
       Doth lie eternity,
     As light as any little flower—
       So strong a wonder works in me;

     With all that's rich and beautiful.




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