Love
A Miracle
From A Selection from the Poems of Michael Field (1923)
How gladly I would give
My life to her who would not care to live
If I should die!
Death, when thou passest by,
Tape us together, so I sigh,
Praying and sighing through the London streets
While my heart beats
To do some miracle, when suddenly
At curve of Regent Circus I espy.
Set 'mid a jeweller's trays of spangle-glitter,
A tiny metal insect-pin, a fly.
This utter trifle for my love I buy,
And, thinking of it on her breast,
My heart has rest.
Codex Note
From a manuscript source, as marked in the 1923 Selection.
Cite this poem
MLA
Field, Michael. “A Miracle.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/field_m/146/.
Chicago
Field, Michael. “A Miracle.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/field_m/146/.
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