To Margaret’s Eye Poem by Lucretia Maria Davidson

(Written in her fifteenth year.)

Oh! I have seen the blush of morn,
And I have seen the evening sky;
But ah! they faded when I gaz'd
On the bright heaven of Margaret's eye.

I've seen the Queen of evening ride
Majestic, 'mid the clouds on high;
But e'en Diana in her pride
Was dim, near Margaret's brilliant eye.

I've seen the azure vault of heaven,
I've seen the star-bespangled sky;
But oh! I would the whole have given
For one sweet glance from Margaret's eye.

I've seen the dew upon the rose,
It trembled 'neath the zephyr's sigh;
But oh! the tear which nature shed
Was dim near that in Margaret's eye.