Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HEARTSEASE, by ANONYMOUS


Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

HEARTSEASE, by                    
First Line: While o'er my life still hung the morning star
Last Line: I sing through life with heart's-ease at my breast
Subject(s): Plants;trees; Planting;planters


WHILE o'er my life still hung the morning star,
Dreamy and soft in tender-lighted skies,
while care and sorrow held themselves afar,
And no sad mist of tears had dimmed my eyes,
I saw Love's roses blowing,
With scent and color glowing,
And so I wished for them with longing sighs.

The brightest hung so high, and held aloft
Their crimson faces, passionately bright;
The gay, rich, golden ones escaped me oft,
And hedged with sharpest thorns the lofty white;
From all my eager pleading
They turned away, unheeding;
Among Love's roses none were mine of right.

Yet, of sweet things, those roses seemed most sweet
And most desirable, until a voice,
Soft as sad music, said, "Lo, at thy feet
A little flower shall make thy heart rejoice."
And so, the voice obeying,
I saw, in beauty straying,
A wealth of heart's-ease, waiting for my choice.

Great purple pansies, each with snowy heart,
And golden ones, with eyes of deepest blue;
Some "freaked with jet," some pure white ones apart,
But all so sweet and fresh with morning dew,
I could not bear to lose them,
I could not help but choose them,
For sweet Content sat singing where they grew.

So, now, Love's roses shake their scented leaves,
But tempt me not to their enchanted quest;
I gather "heart's-ease," set in dewy leaves,
And am content, -- for me it is the best.
Be glad if, sweet and glowing,
You find Love's roses blowing --
I sing through life with heart's-ease at my breast.





Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Other Poems of Interest...
Home: PoetryExplorer.net