Immortality
By
Lucy E. Zahnle
Had I the sky in my outstretched palm
Along with the mountains and the sea;
Had I the power the wind to calm,
I would be naught without thee.
If I owned the Garden of Earthly Delights,
If sweet Eden belonged to me,
I would relinquish, son, my lordly rights
To preserve and strengthen thee,
For thou art my hope, my pride, my joy
And all I am, I am in thee, my boy.
