'Tis in sooth life's Eden, <br />We within it; <br />Love put all the seed in <br />To begin it, <br />Made the air to fan it, <br />Light illumine, <br />Then put on the planet <br />Man and woman — <br />Us with our twin-nature <br />Dreamy framéd, <br />One with every creature <br />Thought has naméd. <br />Though the fiend find Eden, <br />Shall he find us? <br />In the heart so hidden <br />Love has shrined us, <br />By no earthly portal <br />May they enter <br />Where the life immortal <br />Has its centre — <br />Paths that are forbidden <br />Sin and sorrow, <br />In the heart of Eden <br />Love's to-morrow <br />Walks with feet that trod in <br />God's endeavor, <br />With the life of God in <br />Ours for ever!<br /><br />Robert Crawford<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/life-s-eden/
