I keep one picture in my heart...

I keep one picture in my heart,

To be of life a cherished part,—

A picture waiting yet its canvas

From master hand of divinest art:

A wan blind man and Christ sun-brown,

Hand in His hand, are walking down

The throngèd street into the open

Beyond the walls of Bethsaida town.

As turns my heart its crimson leaves,

And life's own diary freshly weaves,

I see the pages glow intenser,

A wondrous story my bosom heaves.

Beneath the careless lines there writ

Appear in beauty, clear, sunlit,

Mysterious Love's own tender story,

How this poor heart to His own was knit.

Mine, mine, while moons the waters move!

Mine, while Heaven lasts, and Love is Love!

Methinks He hid this sweet love favor

That I might find it — my treasure-trove.