Sonnet. About Jesus. IV.
If Thou hadst been a painter, what fresh looks, What shining of pent glories, what new grace Had burst upon us from the great Earth's face! How had we read, as in new-languaged books, Clear love of God in lone retreating nooks! A lily, as thy hand its form would trace, Were plainly seen God's child, of lower race; And, O my heart, blue hills! and grassy brooks! Thy soul lay to all undulations bare, Answering in waves. Each morn the sun did rise, And God's world woke beneath life-giving skies, Thou sawest clear thy Father's meanings there; 'Mid Earth's Ideal, and expressions rare, The ideal Man, with the eternal eyes.
AI analysis available. Enable JavaScript to interact.
About this line
"If Thou hadst been a painter, what fresh looks,..."
George MacDonald's contribution to classic is further solidified by the brilliance found in "Sonnet. About Jesus. IV."... ### Why We Love This Line At Linespedia, we believe that poetry is the ultimate sanctuary for the soul...