| Nicholson & Lee, eds. The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse. 1917. |
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| 295. Reconciliation |
| By George William Russell (A.E.) (b. 1867) |
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| I BEGIN through the grass once again to be bound to the Lord; | |
| I can see, through a face that has faded, the face full of rest | |
| Of the earth, of the mother, my heart with her heart in accord, | |
| As I lie ’mid the cool green tresses that mantle her breast | |
| I begin with the grass once again to be bound to be Lord. | 5 |
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| By the hand of a child I am led to the throne of the King | |
| For a touch that now fevers me not is forgotten and far, | |
| And His infinite sceptred hands that sway us can bring | |
| Me in dreams from the laugh of a child to the song of a star. | |
| On the laugh of a child I am borne to the joy of the King. | 10 |
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