A book of Bristol sonnets | ||
81
GOSSAMERS ON THE DOWN.
Friend, our life's lessons at our feet are strown!These bright field gauzes trembling in the wind
Have larger love and hope than humankind;
More heart to aid than unto man is known!
Life leans on life, and path through path is thrown;
Perplexed with intricacies, yet we find
Each thread instinct with individual mind,
Each gossamer the sovereign of his own!
Fair in the Spring, at Autumn-tide most fair,
Dews fall, winds blow, nor rain nor breeze can break;
But all its wealth of tears, and weight of care,
To one large liquid pearl the winds will shake,
And, leaving this for others, to the air
It mounts, and to new fields new helpfulness will take!
A book of Bristol sonnets | ||