Poems (Hoffman)/A Life Work

by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

A SONG OF JOY

My heart is full of thankfulness,
My soul o'erflows with song,
My mind has caught some unknown notes
That to the birds belong;
I find no language for my tune,
No utterance to my praise,
Only a sweet forgetfulness,
A breath of sunny days.
I'll fling my song away from earth,
It can no language wear,
My praise shall seek the angel choir
And find an echo there.