First Line: AS I WOULD FREE THE WHITE ALMOND FROM THE GREEN HUSK Last Line: I SHOULD SEE THAT IN MY HANDS GLITTERED A GEM BEYOND COUNTING. Subject(s): ALMOND TREES; HANDS; LOVE; TREES;
As I would free the white almond from the green husk So I would strip your trappings off, Beloved. And fingering the smooth and polished kernel I should see that in my hands glittered a gem beyond counting.
