Nature
As turns my heart its crimson leaves
From Song-Waves (1900)
As turns my heart its crimson leaves,
And life's own diary freshly weaves,
I see the pages glow intenser,
A wondrous story my bosom heaves.
Beneath the careless lines there writ
Appear in beauty, clear, sunlit,
Mysterious Love's own tender story,
How this poor heart to His own was knit.
Mine, mine, while moons the waters move!
Mine, while Heaven lasts, and Love is Love!
Methinks He hid this sweet love favor
That I might find it--my treasure-trove.
Codex Note
From the sequence Song-Waves (1900)
Cite this poem
MLA
Rand, Theodore Harding. “As turns my heart its crimson leaves.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rand_th/117/.
Chicago
Rand, Theodore Harding. “As turns my heart its crimson leaves.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rand_th/117/.
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