TREASURE TROVE

By Bernard Moore

You did not know that, gazing on your face,

I took its Beauty to my heart for ever,

Where it illumines every day with grace,

Though Time and tides may sever.

You did not know that, looking in your eyes,

I found their Truth, beyond all need for speaking,

And knew their gentleness a paradise

Worth all a wide world's seeking.

You did not know that every word you spoke

Told me the Courage in your heart abiding,

And bade me watch, where through the cloud-rifts broke

One steady star for guiding.

You did not know. But in my heart I know,

The Beauty, Truth, and Courage that enfold you:

And when we part I do not let you go:

Thus in my heart I hold you.