THERE was a strangeness When the Earth was new ... Beauty would never quite reveal her face; She walked apart, dwelt in a hidden place In Eden—@3where There was a secret, too!@1 The flowers flung their perfume To the breeze, And stirred and shivered ... swaying, wondering, When heavy, hairy bees came thundering ... And there was questioning Among the trees! In all created things Was wistfulness ... The beasts were silent ... and apart ... alone; The singing of a bird was yet unknown— Earth vaguely yearned, For what—it could not guess! Man wandered in the garden, Wondering, too ... Earth, full of loveliness, was empty still; There was an unnamed promise to fulfill. ... Then Eve came— @3And the Earth and Adam knew!@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE AWAKENING RIVER by KATHERINE MANSFIELD THE STIRRUP-CUP by LOUIS UNTERMEYER CLEOMENS, OR THE SPARTAN HERO: SONG by JOHN DRYDEN THE ICE by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON ASTROPHEL AND STELLA: 1 by PHILIP SIDNEY STILL, STILL WITH THEE by HARRIET BEECHER STOWE |