M. Lyster. The Painted Saint in the Wood. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22.

The Painted Saint in the Wood

By M. Lyster


THERE is a saint in love with God,
That I often sit and watch
In the wood; and I cannot believe him,
For I love what I see and touch.

Yesterday at this time	5
Some heavy carts passed by;
One peasant sang, as he passed,
A wandering melody.

I was sitting and watching the saint
Painted in white and red—	10
I shall not understand him
Till I am dead.