Page:Poet Lore, volume 27, 1916.djvu/738



Their languid lips are wanly smiling, Their shining souls are without seam: A longing as for sin’s beguiling Is ever flitting through their dream.

Each one is very like his brother; In God’s fair fields they’re silent all, Like intervals, one and another That in His might and music fall.

Save when, their gauzy wings unfolding, They gently wake the sleeping wind: As if God’s broad and deftly moulding Hand turned the leaves that He is holding In the dark book of origin.

Who now weeps anywhere in the world, Without cause weeps in the world, Weeps over me.

Who now laughs anywhere in the night, Without cause laughs in the night, Laughs at me.

Who now goes anywhere in the world, Without cause goes in the world, Goes to me.