TRANSUBSTANTIATION.
I.
A sunbeam and a drop of dew
Lay on a red rose in the South:
God took the three and made her mouth,
Her sweet, sweet mouth,
So red of hue,—
The burning baptism of His kiss
Still fills my heart with heavenly bliss.
II.
A dream of truth and love come true
Slept on a star in daybreak skies:
God mingled these and made her eyes,
Her dear, dear eyes,
So gray of hue,—
The high communion of His gaze
Still fills my soul with deep amaze.
HELEN.
Heaped in raven loops and masses
Over temples smooth and fair,
Have you marked it, as she passes,
Gleam and shadow mingled there,—
Braided strands of midnight air,—
Helen's hair?
Deep with dreams and starry mazes
Of the thought that in them lies,
Have you seen them, as she raises
Them in gladness or surprise,—
Two gray gleams of daybreak skies,—
Helen's eyes?