Xv

Then it came to pass as I gazed on space That I met with Mystery, face to face. Within her eyes my wondering soul beheld The eons past, the eons yet to come At cosmic labor; and the stars,--that swelled, Flaming or nebulous, from the darkness dumb, In their appointed places, world and sun, I saw were truths made visible, whose sum Proclaimed one truth, the Word of Him, the One.

And it came to pass as I went my ways That I met with Beauty, face to face. Within her eyes my worshiping spirit saw The moments busy with the dreams whence spring Earth’s lovelinesses: and all things that awe Man’s soul with their perfection--everything That buds and bourgeons, blossoming above-- I saw were letters of enduring law, Whose chapters make the beautiful book of Love.