Poems — Sonnet - To a Daisy

SONNET--TO A DAISY

Slight as thou art, thou art enough to hide, Like all created things, secrets from me, And stand a barrier to eternity.

And I, how can I praise thee well and wide?

From where I dwell--upon the hither side?

Thou little veil for so great mystery, When shall I penetrate all things and thee, And then look back?

For this I must abide, Till thou shalt grow and fold and be unfurled Literally between me and the world.

Then I shall drink from in beneath a spring, And from a poet's side shall read his book.

O daisy mine, what will it be to look From God's side even of such a simple thing?