he sovereign law of human life
That Love ordained for man and wife,
For homes whence stream the generations
To joyous service and not to strife—
This law gives rest and labor fit,
God's air on surface and in pit,
Wealth for the soul, and mind, and body,
And fellowship with the race, close-knit.
O golden year, when law and life
Incorporate are, as man and wife,
And wingëd hosts of light are saying:
"Peace and goodwill on the earth are rife!"
reak into flower, O garden fair!
Long hast thou known the Gardener's care;
The rain and dew from heaven have fallen,
And sunbeams warm on thy bosom bare.
The grains of seed all viewless fell
Within the mellow soil to dwell,—
Silent the fall as that of pebbles
Cast in oblivion's sunless well.
List, music ether-fine up-goes
From swelling seed and life's keen throes!
O Earth, thy riven breast shall blossom
In Heaven's own beauty, e'en as the rose!