SAID the tree upon earth to the star in the sky: "She sleeps, and is here at my feet; She walked in my shadow in days gone by, And her deeds and her life were sweet." Said the star in the sky to the tree upon earth: "She dwells in my home far above Thy dark little world of the home of her birth; She was born for the light and for love." O tree, and O star, she was all that you say, And her soul like a star did shine; Yet little you know of God's great way: She is here in this heart of mine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MATERNITY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON DOMESDAY BOOK: THE JURY DELIBERATES by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SYMPATHY (2) by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE MOTHER WATCH by EDGAR ALBERT GUEST THE WRECK OF THE DEUTSCHLAND by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS DESCRIPTION OF SPRING by HENRY HOWARD |