Sun Blossoms

Wonder-Hand

ACROSS the darkness of the night
wonder-Hand she stretched to me,
But the vague outlines of her face
Hid in a veil of mystery!

The stars burnt out and the wan moon
Peeped from behind a last dim cloud;
But we marched on through barriers
Of rugged hills, the brazen shroud,

The desert silences of time;
A narrow pathway bare and lone
We followed, drunk with the delight
Of conquering some unknown

Riches of a gold spirit sun
Beyond the haunted gulfs of night.
The veil dissolved; the hand I held
Bore up a flame of the Infinite!

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