Robert Frost is my favorite, American poet. To me, "A Prayer in Spring" expresses beautifully the hope that Christ conquered the uncertainty and frailty of our nature and gave us hope for a brighter future. We have reminders of His love for us in all the miracles demonstrated throughout spring in nature. That's what makes this a wonderful, Easter poem:Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day;
And give us not to think so far away
As the uncertain harvest; keep us here
All simply in the springing of the year.
Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white,
Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night;
And make us happy in the happy bees,
The swarm dilating round the perfect trees.
And make us happy in the darting bird
That suddenly above the bees is heard,
The meteor that thrusts in with needle bill,
And off a blossom in mid air stands still.
For this is love and nothing else is love,
The which it is reserved for God above
To sanctify to what far ends He will,
But which it only needs that we fulfil.
2 comments:
My bulbs are coming up and the grass is greening. But we had a lot of snow yesterday. That is what is fun about the spring in Utah. One day it is so sunny and bright and the next day you get six inches of snow.
Beautiful poem. Love it!
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