I took a day to search for God, And found Him not. But as I trod By rocky ledge, through woods untamed, Just where one scarlet lily flamed, I saw His footprint in the sod. Then suddenly, all unaware, Far off in the deep shadows, where A solitary thrush Sang through the holy twilight hush— I heard His voice upon the air. And even as I marveled how God gives us Heaven here and now, In stir of wind that hardly shook The poplar leaves beside the brook— His hand was light upon my brow. At last with evening as I turned Homeward, and thought what I had learned And all that there was still to probe— I caught the glory of His robe Where the last fires of sunset burned. Back to the world with quickening start I looked and longed for any part In making saving Beauty be ... And from that kindling ecstasy I knew God dwelt within my heart. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WORDLY WISE (5) by MOTHER GOOSE VIRGILS GNAT: DEDICATORY SONNET by EDMUND SPENSER SMOKE IN WINTER by HENRY DAVID THOREAU SOME SWEET DAY by LEWIS J. BATES THE SECRET by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN THE CROSS TRIUMPHANT by HARRY HOWE BOGERT YULE-SONG: A MEMORY by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE EPITAPH ON MRS. ANNE PRIDEAUX, DAUGHTER OF DR. PRIDEAUX by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) |