Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IF JOY WERE NOT DIVINE, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR


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First Line: If joy were not divine, immortal
Last Line: Are one, are one!
Alternate Author Name(s): Dean
Subject(s): Happiness; Nature; Joy; Delight


IF Joy were not divine, immortal,
No lark would sing —
Thrilling the air at heaven's portal
On fearless wing.

If bliss, some day, were but a vision,
No rose would blow —
Biding its time with sweet precision
Beyond the snow.

Ah lark and rose! in Nature's bosom,
Since life begun,
Immortal Joy and song and blossom
Are one, are one!





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