VI.
An old expressive simple word is this1
Of Godsend, just a something sent from God,2
The fountain of all good : an almost odd,3
And quaint directness,—like a given kiss ;4
Familiar-holy, pure in granted bliss.5
Free and offhand, perhaps, as friendly nod
;6
But dear and cherish’d as the grassy sod7
That lies above the head we daily miss8
From out our life, making that life a kind9
Of death. As special graces, treasure Godsends !10
Oh, let us grateful-hearted bear in mind11
The more inobvious, as the clearer ends12
For which they are vouchsaf’d to those on whom13
They fall, like stars, to brighten night and gloom.14