A Reed by the River/Unity

by Virginia Woodward Cloud

UNITY

A sombre pine is stirredBy the recreant wind on high,And out of the gloom, like a word,Breaketh a bird to the sky.

The sky speaks truth through a star,The star seeks the heart of the sea,To the sea strives a river afar,To the river a brook laughs free,

And down to the brook doth gleamThe thread of a mountain spring,Born in the hush of that pine-tree's dream,And brushed by the bird's soft wing.