TO ONE WHO KNOWS
If Thou knowest, then I know ;
If not Thou, then who on earth ?
Light has seen my outer glow,
Dark has felt my inner dearth.
And if Thou knowest, what more aught
Be brought to Thee by words that swarm ?
For words are shadows o f the thought,
That simply show a shapeless form.
The veils dividing Thee and me,
Like clouds, are lifted by Thy grace;
Take me in Love’s eternity.
And hold me in Thy firm embrace !
Human love is love and grief:
Love the plant and grief the flower;
In Thy heart I find relief.
Where Love and Joy grow in one bower.
