The Twelve He chose; and those He did not choose ''" Ah. did they know their loss? Did He Invite them, and did they refuse The offered crown and cross? And now in heaven, all the eons long. Does that supreme regret Pierce even through the glory and the song. And hush their voices yet? We cannot know; but this we know full well. That us, our humble selves, Christ's loving voice, with all Its holy spell. Has counted into Twelves. "Will you be one?" He asks; "Will yon be one ?" Ah. eager, pleading voice! On lower levels all our race is run If we reject His choice. |