Sun Blossoms

Dual Power

THOU callest me with thy deep subtle voice
Whose still miraculous power I cannot ignore;
Irrevocable is my Spirits choice
And I belong to the sombre world no more.

Yet like a dragon-cloud its shadow falls
Upon my heart and masks the mystic flame
That rises up from time's encircling walls
Towards the lonely sun-height of thy Name.

I am lost in a wide dreadful gulf of night,
A star struggling to climb from a black sea;
But wave on wave invades the diamond light
And drown in turbulent foam its burning cry.

With outstretched arms Thou comest and thy grace
Lifts me and carries like a child along
The unknown ways in thy secure embrace,
Murmuring in thy bosom like a happy song.

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