THE NEW DAY.

THE NEW DAY.

SSupremethrough all the hours of the dayI hold one sweetest: not the day or hour,Dear, when you came to me; nor yet the flowerOf perfect days, though that is sweet alway,When your love came to me; I cannot sayWhy these are not divinest in their power;Yet as each new day comes, it brings for dowerOne moment whose rich gladness will outweighAll others: that first moment when the nightYields to the daylight’s clear and vivid blue;And waking to things real from things that seem,My eager eyes unclose to the fair light,Still undeceived; to find their visions true,And that your love for me was not my dream.

SSupremethrough all the hours of the dayI hold one sweetest: not the day or hour,Dear, when you came to me; nor yet the flowerOf perfect days, though that is sweet alway,When your love came to me; I cannot sayWhy these are not divinest in their power;Yet as each new day comes, it brings for dowerOne moment whose rich gladness will outweighAll others: that first moment when the nightYields to the daylight’s clear and vivid blue;And waking to things real from things that seem,My eager eyes unclose to the fair light,Still undeceived; to find their visions true,And that your love for me was not my dream.

SSupremethrough all the hours of the dayI hold one sweetest: not the day or hour,Dear, when you came to me; nor yet the flowerOf perfect days, though that is sweet alway,When your love came to me; I cannot sayWhy these are not divinest in their power;Yet as each new day comes, it brings for dowerOne moment whose rich gladness will outweighAll others: that first moment when the nightYields to the daylight’s clear and vivid blue;And waking to things real from things that seem,My eager eyes unclose to the fair light,Still undeceived; to find their visions true,And that your love for me was not my dream.

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Supremethrough all the hours of the day

I hold one sweetest: not the day or hour,

Dear, when you came to me; nor yet the flower

Of perfect days, though that is sweet alway,

When your love came to me; I cannot say

Why these are not divinest in their power;

Yet as each new day comes, it brings for dower

One moment whose rich gladness will outweigh

All others: that first moment when the night

Yields to the daylight’s clear and vivid blue;

And waking to things real from things that seem,

My eager eyes unclose to the fair light,

Still undeceived; to find their visions true,

And that your love for me was not my dream.


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