"Riches"



"Riches"


The far sweet rosy distances,
      The snow peaks lone and high, 
The sweep of softer hill, the firs
      That climb and touch the sky;

The rippling laughter of a brook,
      A flower-scented rain,
A drench of liquid gold let loose
      At sunset on my pane;

The purple splendor of the night
      Wherein Orion’s three
Flash constant messages; the frog
      That murmurs to the lea;

The wash of waves, the song of birds, 
      The red fall of a star, 
The pale green mist upon the sea,—
      These all my riches are.




"Riches" as it appears in Ella Higginson's collection of poetry The Voice of April-Land (1903).

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