20 March 2021
A Prayer in Spring
Oh,
give us pleasure in the flowers today;
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,
To
which it is reserved for God above
To
sanctify to what far ends He will,
But
which it only needs that we fulfill.
Robert
Frost
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