Whitsun Eve

“As many as I love.”—Ah, Lord, Who lovest all, If thus it is with Thee why sit remote above, Beholding from afar, stumbling and marred and small, So many Thou dost love?

Whom sin and sorrow make their worn reluctant thrall; Who fain would flee away but lack the wings of dove; Who long for love and rest; who look to Thee, and call To Thee for rest and love.