Poems (Hazlett-Bevis)/Pearls
Pearls.
There was silence in Heaven, and listening,
The angels heard moans
Come from the Earth, and saw glistening,
Tears on bare stones.
As they looked, softly moonlight fell o'er them,
And changed them most rare
Into beautiful, costly and dainty gems,
Fit for queens' wear.
Then with the seal of His hand,
Through the air whirls
The word for our tears, the Father
Sanctioned them Pearls.
The angels heard moans
Come from the Earth, and saw glistening,
Tears on bare stones.
As they looked, softly moonlight fell o'er them,
And changed them most rare
Into beautiful, costly and dainty gems,
Fit for queens' wear.
Then with the seal of His hand,
Through the air whirls
The word for our tears, the Father
Sanctioned them Pearls.