Pete's Pick #24 ~ "Indestructible"

CRUCIBLE

My heart is gold.
Like molten lava, it rolls
with the passions of my ages.

Searing through the anguish
of an oft-broken heart;
burning through the sorrow
of a much-trampled soul;
scorching through the wounding
of a violated spirit.

My heart is gold.
Like hammered metal, it shines
with the brilliance of my strength.

Copyright © 2010 by Teri K D Bannerman

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Pete's Pick #22 ~"Improvise"

EX TEMPORE

What to do when love
bursts in upon you, raging
like a Spring torrent.

Serendipity
has no tested words to say
what swells in the heart.

Copyright © 2010 by Teri K D Bannerman

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Mystery

Last night this poem - actually it's a song - came to my mind, a song I learned as a child, and I've been Googling it for a bit this morning, but have been unable to find it.  These are the words (the accompanying music is played on piano, and it sounds classical to my untrained ears, but of course I don't know the composer of title of the piece).

When the spring bedecks the trees with green,
Lovely green, verdant green,
And the birds trill out their warbling notes
To a world awake from winter's dream,
Then all Nature seems to sing a song,
Lovely song, joyous song,
Of our Maker, thoughtful, kind, and good,
Who has loved us all through ages long.

Oh hearken!  Hearken once again
For the tiny, rippling rivulet
Joins their song in the glen!
And it sings, hastening to the sea:
"Oh, I'm happy lilting on my way
As I cheer Nature here!"

You see?  I remember it well, and can even sing it for you, but Google doesn't seem to recognize it!  Could my teacher have written it?  And if so, which teacher?  I hope you can help me!