The lovely things that I have watched unthinking, Unknowing, day by day, That their soft dyes have steeped my soul in colour That will not pass away - Great saffron sunset clouds, and larkspur mountains, And fenceless miles of plain, And hillsides golden-green in that unearthly Clear shining after rain; And nights of blue and pearl, and long smooth beaches, Yellow as sunburnt wheat, Edged with a line of foam that creams and hisses, Enticing weary feet. And emeralds, and sunset-hearted opals, And Asian marble, veined With scarlet flame, and cool green jade, and moonstones Misty and azure-stained; And almond trees in bloom, and oleanders, Or a wide purple sea, Of plain-land gorgeous with a lovely poison, The evil Darling pea. If I am tired I call on these to help me To dream -and dawn-lit skies, Lemon and pink, or faintest, coolest lilac, Float on my soothed eyes. There is no night so black but you shine through it, There is no morn so drear, O Colour of the World, but I can find you, Mo...