Symbol by David Morton. Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. 1922. The Second Book of Modern Verse

Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. (1869–1948). The Second Book of Modern Verse. 1922.

Symbol

David Morton


MY faith is all a doubtful thing,
Wove on a doubtful loom,—
Until there comes, each showery spring,
A cherry-tree in bloom;
And Christ who died upon a tree	5
That death had stricken bare,
Comes beautifully back to me,
In blossoms, everywhere.