Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A PORTRAIT, by EDWARD BLISS REED


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A PORTRAIT, by                    
First Line: Her love is like the peaceful summer sky
Last Line: He made the heavens, and he can understand.
Subject(s): Hearts; Love


Her love is like the peaceful summer sky
Where winds are shepherding their straggling sheep;
Or like the star-sown heavens, serene and high,
Radiant and so unfathomably deep.

Her life has all the joy of dawn; the light,
The glowing ardour of the burning noon;
The comforting tranquillity of night,
The silent promise of the crescent moon.

Her love is like the untrammelled heaven, that free
Yet bends with richest blessing o'er the land.
God alone knows what such a love can be;
He made the heavens, and He can understand.





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