Poem by Albert Laighton

The Mystery

I saw a wonderful light —
Watching the midnight sky —
Leap suddenly into the voiceless dark,
And as suddenly die.

Was it a golden lance
Into the silence hurled
By the Spirit of Air? A new-born star,
Or the wreck of a world?

1. Joe
2. My Native River
3. The Two Worlds
4. To J. G. W.
5. A Passing Thought

Edward Sill The Mystery ("I NEVER know why 't is I love thee so")

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