"It is enough, enough," one said, At play among the flowers: "I spy a rose upon the thorn, A rainbow in the showers; I hear a merry chime of bells Ring out the passing hours." -- Soft springs the fountain From the daisied ground: Softly falling on the moss Without a sound. "It is enough," she said, and fixed Calm eyes upon the sky: "I watch a flitting tender cloud Just like a dove go by; A lark is rising from the grass; A wren is building night." -- Softly the fountain Threads its silver way, Screened by the scented bloom Of whitest may. "Enough?" she whispered to herself, As doubting: "Is it so? Enough to wear the roses fair? Oh sweetest flowers that blow: -- Oh yes, it surely is enough, My happy home below." -- A shadow stretcheth From the hither shore: Those waters darken More and more and more. "It is enough," she says; but with A listless, weary moan: "Enough," if mixing with her friends; "Enough," if left alone. But to herself: "Not yet enough, This suffering, to atone?" -- The cold black waters Seem to stagnate there; Without a single wave, Or breath of air. And now she says: "It is enough," Half languid and half stirred: "Enough," to silence and to sound, Thorn, blossom, soaring bird: "Enough," she says; but with a lack Of something in the word. -- Defiled and turbid See the waters pass; Half light, half shadow, Struggling thro' the grass. Ah, will it ever dawn, that day When calm for good or ill Her heart shall say: "It is enough, For Thou art with me still; It is enough, O Lord my God, Thine only blessed Will." -- Then shall the fountain sing And flow to rest; Clear as the sun track To the purple West. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EVENING CLOUDS by FRANCIS LEDWIDGE THE ARAB TO HIS FAVORITE STEED by CAROLINE ELIZABETH SARAH SHERIDAN NORTON SONNET: 54 by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE BALLADE OF SCHOPENHAUER'S PHILOSOPHY by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS LA MORT D'ARTHUR by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 43. ONE CHANCE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) WHITENESS, OR CHASTITY by JOSEPH BEAUMONT |