FROM Paradise there came, one Maytide morn,
An Almoner of love, with gifts divine:
To some he brought rich draughts of magic wine;
To some, who laboured in their fields forlorn,
Sweet showers and sunbeams for the springing corn;
Then me he called, with gracious word and sign,
But when I looked what bounty should be mine,
One fire-bright drop he gave me, as in scorn.
“Angel! to these thou givest present mirth,
To those, the promise of a golden crop
In Autumn; was my hope so little worth?”
Smiling, the Angel answered–“Share and prove
Their joy, if so thou wilt–in that one drop
Thou hast the life and quintessence of Love.”
(Constance Naden)
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