ANOTHER NEWTON’S APPLE

E tried to show with lamp and ball
How simply day and night were
“made ;”
How earth revolved, and how through all
One half was sunshine, one was shade.

One side, tho’ turned and turned again,
Was always bright. She mused and frowned,

Then flashed — “ It’s just an apple, then,
’at’s always rosy half way round!”

Oh, boundless tree of ranging blue,
Star-fruited through thy heavenly leaves,
Be, if thou canst be, good unto
This apple-loving babe of Eve’s.

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