154. The Mystery by Ralph Hodgson. Monroe, Harriet, ed. 1917. The New Poetry: An Anthology

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

154. The Mystery

By Ralph Hodgson


HE came and took me by the hand
Up to a red rose tree,
He kept His meaning to Himself
But gave a rose to me.

I did not pray Him to lay bare	5
The mystery to me;
Enough the rose was Heaven to smell,
And His own face to see.