WHEN sunshine met the wave, <br />Then love was born; <br />Then Venus rose to save <br />A world forlorn. <br /> <br />For light a thousand wings <br />Of joy unfurled, <br />And bound with golden rings <br />The icy world. <br /> <br />And color flamed the earth <br />With glad desire, <br />Till life sprang to the birth, <br />Fire answering fire, <br /> <br />And so the world awoke, <br />And all was done, <br />When first the ocean spoke <br />Unto the sun.<br /><br />Harriet Monroe<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/in-the-beginning-3/
