The Poetical Works of George Barlow In Ten [Eleven] Volumes |
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GOD'S HEART
My eyes were sweetly opened, and I knew
The mystery of Marriage:—and, behold,
God's heart I had the power to unfold
And bring its inmost chambers into view;
And treasures many beautiful and new
I found therein, and memories fair and old,—
Loves silver,—plumes and diadems of gold,—
And frosts,—and summer seasons set in blue.
The mystery of Marriage:—and, behold,
God's heart I had the power to unfold
And bring its inmost chambers into view;
And treasures many beautiful and new
I found therein, and memories fair and old,—
Loves silver,—plumes and diadems of gold,—
And frosts,—and summer seasons set in blue.
But in the centre bloomed two roses,—one
Being red, the other white: and these were set
Therein for ever, lest a man forget
That in God's heart the sweet dream first begun
That we call Marriage,—and I knew that none
Of God's thoughts had surpassed this Poem yet.
Being red, the other white: and these were set
Therein for ever, lest a man forget
That in God's heart the sweet dream first begun
That we call Marriage,—and I knew that none
Of God's thoughts had surpassed this Poem yet.
1871.
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