Apparitions, by Robert Browning

Apparitions

Such a starved bank of moss
Till, that May-morn,
Blue ran the flash across:
Violets were born!   Skywhat a scowl of cloud
Till, near and far,
Ray on ray split the shroud:
Splendid, a star!   Worldhow it walled about
Life with disgrace,
Till God's own smile came out:
That was thy face!

poems.one - Robert Browning

Robert Browning