ONCE I ENVIED

Once I envied the fishes

Their crystal halls of sea

And the lark its flight

Up heaven's height

Where I could never be.

I envied the sky its sunsets

The grass its dew of dawn

And the bee his secret shining hours

Beside the rose in her honeyed bowers

With crimson petals drawn.

But you have brought me sea and sky

Heart of flowers and dew

Though now all choices were offered me

I would choose of all to be

Lying here with you!