Rivers to the Sea (Collection)/Alchemy

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Macmillan Company, page 44

ALCHEMY

I lift my heart as spring lifts up
A yellow daisy to the rain;
My heart will be a lovely cup
Altho' it holds but pain.


For I shall learn from flower and leaf
That color every drop they hold,
To change the lifeless wine of grief
To living gold.