O lovely chance, what can I do To give my gratefulness to you? You rise between myself and me With a wise persistency; I would have broken body and soul, But by your grace, still I am whole. Many a thing you did to save me, Many a holy gift you gave me, Music and friends and happy love More than my dearest dreaming of; And now in this wide twilight hour With earth and heaven a dark, blue flower, In a humble mood I bless Your wisdom -- and your waywardness. You brought me even here, where I Live on a hill against the sky And look on mountains and the sea And a thin white moon in the pepper tree. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO A FRIEND I CAN'T FIND by JAMES GALVIN THOUGHTS OF A TINY PIG by DAVID IGNATOW MAGDALEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE RIVALS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON BLACK EAGLE RETURNS TO ST. JOE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |