DID any bird come flying After Adam and Eve, When the door was shut against them And they sat down to grieve? I think not Eve's peacock Splendid to see, And I think not Adam's eagle; But a dove may be. Did any beast come pushing Through the thorny hedge Into the thorny thistly world, Out from Eden's edge? I think not a lion, Though his strength is such; But an innocent loving lamb May have done as much. If the dove preached from her bough, And the lamb from his sod, The lamb and the dove Were preachers sent from God. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MOONLIT APPLES by JOHN DRINKWATER SIMMENTHAL by FREDERICK WILLIAM HENRY MYERS WASHINGTON MONUMENT BY NIGHT by CARL SANDBURG THE AGED LOVER RENOUNCETH LOVE by THOMAS VAUX A LULLABY by THOMALLY HOLBECH ANDERSON DOOMSDAY by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |