Dreamers and Other Poems

<p><SPAN name="SHADE" id="SHADE"></SPAN>SHADE</p> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">The kindliest thing God ever made,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">His hand of very healing laid</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Upon a fevered world, is shade.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">His glorious company of trees</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Throw out their mantles, and on these</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">The dust-stained wanderer finds ease.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Green temples, closed against the beat</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Of noontime's blinding glare and heat,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Open to any pilgrim's feet.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">The white road blisters in the sun;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Now, half the weary journey done,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Enter and rest, Oh weary one!</span><br/> <br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">And feel the dew of dawn still wet</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Beneath thy feet, and so forget</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">The burning highway's ache and fret.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">This is God's hospitality,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">And whoso rests beneath a tree</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Hath cause to thank Him gratefully.</span><br/> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />