A Light Exists in Spring
A light exists in spring
Not present on the Year
At any other period —
When March is scarcely here
A Color stands abroad
On Solitary Fields
That science cannot overtake,
But Human Nature feels.
It waits upon the Lawn;
It shows the furthest Tree
Upon the furthest Slope we know;
It almost speaks to me.
Then as Horizons step,
Or Noons report away,
Without the Formula of sound,
It passes, and we stay —
A quality of loss
Affecting our Content,
As Trade had suddenly encroached
Upon a Sacrament.
C. Christopher Smith is the founding editor of The Englewood Review of Books. He is also author of a number of books, including most recently How the Body of Christ Talks: Recovering the Practice of Conversation in the Church (Brazos Press, 2019). Connect with him online at: C-Christopher-Smith.com
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