DAY TWENTY

My heart leaps up when I behold 

          A rainbow in the sky: 

          So was it when my life began; 

          So is it now I am a man;

          So be it when I shall grow old,

Or let me die...

My heart leaps up when I behold

           An apparition of the sky:

           So is this heavenly body of no flesh;

           Marking rains fallen fresh;

           'She'll never be yours' I am told,

          

                      This elusive love between the sun and I...