Dark young pine, at the center of the earth originating, I have made your sacrifice. Whiteshell, turquoise, abalone beautiful, Jet beautiful, fool's gold beautiful, blue pollen beautiful, reed pollen, pollen beautiful, your sacrifice I have made. This day your child I have become, I say. Watch over me. Hold your hand before me in protection. Stand guard for me, speak in defense of me. As I speak for me, so will I speak for you. May it be beautiful before me, May it be beautiful behind me, May it be beautiful below me, May it be beautiful above me, May it be beautiful all around me. I am restored in beauty. I am restored in beauty. I am restored in beauty. I am restored in beauty. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HILL-SIDE TREE by MAXWELL BODENHEIM A SONG [OF DIVINE LOVE] by RICHARD CRASHAW A BALLAD UPON A WEDDING by JOHN SUCKLING VOICES by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS MALEFACTORS by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN AN EPILOGUE TO THE STEALING OF DIONYSOS: IACHOS SPEAKING by GORDON BOTTOMLEY |