New Zealand Verse/"If one Rose should Creep"
CXII.
“If One Rose should Creep.”
If one rose should creep
To bow herself upon the grass
Where Thou art buried (ah, too deep!)
And tremble when the angels pass,
She could not reach Thee, Dear, asleep.
To bow herself upon the grass
Where Thou art buried (ah, too deep!)
And tremble when the angels pass,
She could not reach Thee, Dear, asleep.
But my heart shall wind
About Thee in this secret place,
To leave all shadows far behind,
And gather all thy sweetness, Grace,
Into the chambers of the mind.
About Thee in this secret place,
To leave all shadows far behind,
And gather all thy sweetness, Grace,
Into the chambers of the mind.