Poems (Storrie)/My Gift
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My Gift.
I had a lovely gift to-day
Delivered bright and early,
The heart of it was heavenly blue,
Its edges pale and pearly.
Delivered bright and early,
The heart of it was heavenly blue,
Its edges pale and pearly.
A turquoise, set in living gold,
So flawless and so splendid,
It seemed to be of fire and dew
Miraculously blended.
So flawless and so splendid,
It seemed to be of fire and dew
Miraculously blended.
And ere I knew my need of it,
Or had presumed to ask it,
'Twas chosen by a connoisseur
From an imperial casket.
Or had presumed to ask it,
'Twas chosen by a connoisseur
From an imperial casket.
And when along the quickening east
A wave of light was breaking,
'Twas softly laid outside my door,
To greet me on awaking.
A wave of light was breaking,
'Twas softly laid outside my door,
To greet me on awaking.
A royal gift! Its only plea
That I should freely take it;—
A summer day, from dawn to dusk,
Perfect as God could make it.
That I should freely take it;—
A summer day, from dawn to dusk,
Perfect as God could make it.