Nature

Found

by Josephine Preston Peabody 1874–1922

From The Singing Leaves (1903)

Nature

O, when I saw your eyes,
So old it was, so new, the hushed surprise:
After a long, long search, it came to be,
Home folded me.

And looking up, I saw
The far, first stars like tapers to my awe,
In the dim hands of hid, benignant Powers,
At search long hours.

And did they hear us call,
That they have found us children after all?
And did you know, O Wonderful and Dear,
That I was here?

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Peabody, Josephine Preston. “Found.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/peabody/83/.

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Peabody, Josephine Preston. “Found.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/peabody/83/.

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