Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, I WONDER, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS


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First Line: I wonder if the sun doth shine
Last Line: For god himself is love.
Subject(s): Love; Mothers


I wonder if the sun doth shine
On greater happiness
Than when a mother stoops above
Her baby to caress—
I think God sends His Angels and
Doth babe and mother bless.

I wonder if the moon doth shine
On scenes of greater bliss
Than when he looks down from the sky
And sees two lovers kiss—
I wonder if the moon doth shine
On other worlds than this.

I wonder if the stars e'er shine
Upon a fairer scene
Than where the Angels guard the beds
While children sleep and dream—
The magic spell of childhood's hours
Makes earth like Heaven seem.

I wonder if the sun, the moon,
And all the stars above
Reflect the light of wedding scenes
Where live Faith, Hope, and Love—
Doth not God's Spirit rest above
The altar like a dove?

I wonder if the earth beneath,
And if the sky above,
Or any other bounds confine
The burning fires of love—
I think that love is limitless,
For God Himself is Love.





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