| Louis Untermeyer, ed. (1885–1977). Modern American Poetry. 1919. |
| |
| George Edward Woodberry. 1855– |
| |
| 13. "Immortal Love" |
| |
| IMMORTAL love, too high for my possessing,— | |
| Yet, lower than thee, where shall I find repose? | |
| Long in my youth I sang the morning rose, | |
| By earthly things the heavenly pattern guessing! | |
| Long fared I on, beauty and love caressing, | 5 |
| And finding in my heart a place for those | |
| Eternal fugitives; the golden close | |
| Of evening folds me, still their sweetness blessing. | |
| |
| Oh happy we, the first-born heirs of nature, | |
| For whom the Heavenly Sun delays his light! | 10 |
| He by the sweets of every mortal creature | |
| Tempers eternal beauty to our sight; | |
| And by the glow upon love's earthly feature | |
| Maketh the path of our departure bright. | |
|
|
