The Love a Life can show
Below
Is but a filament, I know,
Of that diviner thing
That faints opon the face
of Noon –
And smites the Tinder
in the Sun –
And hinders Gabriel’s Wing –
′Tis this – in Music – hints
and sways –
And far abroad on
Summer days –
Distils uncertain pain –
′Tis this enamors in the
East –
And tints the Transit in
the West
With harrowing Iodine –
¦
′Tis this – invites – appalls –
endows –
Flits – glimmers – proves –
dissolves –
Returns – suggests – convicts –
enchants –
Then – flings in Paradise –
Below
Is but a filament, I know,
Of that diviner thing
That faints opon the face
of Noon –
And smites the Tinder
in the Sun –
And hinders Gabriel’s Wing –
′Tis this – in Music – hints
and sways –
And far abroad on
Summer days –
Distils uncertain pain –
′Tis this enamors in the
East –
And tints the Transit in
the West
With harrowing Iodine –
¦
′Tis this – invites – appalls –
endows –
Flits – glimmers – proves –
dissolves –
Returns – suggests – convicts –
enchants –
Then – flings in Paradise –
A first Mute Coming –
In the Stranger′s House –
A first fair Going –
When the Bells rejoice –
A first Exchange – of
What hath mingled – been –
For Lot – exhibited to
Faith – alone –