Papa above! Regard a Mouse O'er powered by the Cat! Reserve within thy kingdom A "Mansion" for the Rat! Snug in seraphic Cupboards To nibble all the day, While unsuspecting Cycles Wheel solemnly away.
A little East of Jordan, Evangelists record, A Gymnast and an Angel Did wrestle long and hard - Till morning touching mountain - And Jacob, waxing strong, The Angel begged permission To Breakfast - to return -
Not so, said cunning Jacob! "I will not let thee go Except thou bless me" - Stranger! The which acceded to -
Light swung the silver fleeces "Peniel" Hills beyond, And the bewildered Gymnast Found he had worsted God!
Delayed till she had ceased to know - Delayed till in it's vest of snow Her loving bosom lay - An hour behind the fleeting breath - Later by just an hour than Death - Oh lagging Yesterday! Could she have guessed that it w'd be - Could but a crier of the joy Have climbed the distant hill - Had not the bliss so slow a pace Who knows but this surrendered face Were undefeated still?
Oh if there may departing be Any forgot by Victory In her imperial round - Show them this meek apparreled thing That could not stop to be a king - Doubtful if it be crowned.
If I should cease to bring a Rose Upon a festal day, Twill be because beyond the Rose I have been called away - If I should cease to take the names My buds commemorate - Twill be because Death's finger Clasps my murmuring lip.
If I should die - And you should live - And time sh'd gurgle on - And morn sh'd beam - And noon should burn - As it has usual done - If Birds should build as early And Bees as bustling go - One might depart at option From enterprise below! Tis sweet to know that stocks will stand When we with Daisies lie - That Commerce will continue - And Trades as briskly fly - It makes the parting tranquil And keeps the soul serene - That gentlemen so sprightly Conduct the pleasing scene.
Taken from men - this morning - Carried by men today - Met by the Gods with banners - Who marshalled her away - One little maid - from playmates - One little mind from school - There must be guests in Eden - All the rooms are full -
Far - as the East from Even - Dim - as the border star - Courtiers quaint, in Kingdoms Our departed are.
Whether my bark went down at sea - Whether she met with gales - Whether to isles enchanted She bent her docile sails - By what mystic mooring She is held today - This is the errand of the eye Out upon the Bay.
I often passed the Village When going home from school - And wondered what they did there - And why it was so still - I did not know the year then, In which my call would come - Earlier, by the Dial, Than the rest have gone.
It's stiller than the sundown. It's cooler than the dawn - The Daisies dare to come here - And birds can flutter down -
So when you are tired - Or - perplexed - or cold - Trust the loving promise Underneath the mould, Cry "it's I, " "take Dollie," And I will enfold!
Spesso attraversavo il Villaggio Quando tornavo a casa dalla scuola - E mi domandavo cosa facessero là - E perché fosse tanto silenzioso - Non potevo sapere l'anno allora, In cui la chiamata sarebbe giunta - Più presto, per la Meridiana, Degli altri che sono andati.
È più calmo del tramonto. È più fresco dell'alba - Le Margherite osano venire qui - E gli uccelli possono posarsi -
Così quando sei stanca - O - perplessa - o fredda - Confida nell'amorosa promessa Sotto la terra, Grida: "sono io", "prendi Dollie", E io ti abbraccerò!
I hav'nt told my garden yet - Lest that should conquer me. I hav'nt quite the strength now To break it to the Bee - I will not name it in the street For shops w'd stare at me - That one so shy - so ignorant Should have the face to die.
The hillsides must not know it - Where I have rambled so - Nor tell the loving forests The day that I shall go -
Nor lisp it at the table - Nor heedless by the way Hint that within the Riddle One will walk today -.