Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PSYCHE AND THE GOD, by KATHLEEN JESSIE RAINE


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First Line: Who is with me?
Last Line: And at the centre, love revealed.
Subject(s): Flowers; Love; Religion; Theology


Who is with me?
I whom you know.

I know no man
I am none you have seen.

How can this be?
You are the flower on my tree,
And I the forest hidden in the flower,

I am the power
That to dust gives sight,

I am the light
That casts the shadow of the world,
And in that shadow you are veiled
In my darkness sevenfold.

You are the child,
The bride and mother of a mystery,

Yet you shall know
Who I am that lies in you,
Whose the arms wherein you lie.

Then let the hidden will of love
Descend upon me like a dove

And my seven veils of night
Become a sevenfold rainbow bright,

And each beam of love shall raise
A spirit that shall sing love's praise,

A heart to beat for love's delight,
The petals of an opening world,
And at the centre, love revealed.





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