| Nicholson & Lee, eds. The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse. 1917. |
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| 383. ‘Vision of Him’ |
| By Amy K. Clarke |
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| THROUGH the Uncreated, | |
| Uncleft, Untrod, | |
| Breathed for a moment | |
| Sorrow of God. | |
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| And lo! it fell starlike— | 5 |
| Trembling to cease | |
| In His Infinite gladness | |
| Infinite peace. | |
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| Out of that tremor | |
| Time was made, | 10 |
| Worlds crept into being | |
| Young and afraid. | |
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| Slowly, by beauty, | |
| His creatures grew wise, | |
| Slow dawned its wonder | 15 |
| On opening eyes. | |
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| Men watched adoring | |
| His waters roll, | |
| Deep flowed His colours | |
| Through sense and soul. | 20 |
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| Moan of creation— | |
| Rapture that stirs— | |
| Blindly they learned it, | |
| Years upon years. | |
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| Till clearly one spirit | 25 |
| Cried on His Name | |
| From all her lovely | |
| And earthly frame. | |
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| Light could not veil it, | |
| Nor darkness dim, | 30 |
| Flesh but receive it— | |
| Vision of Him. | |
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| Deep sunk His answer, | |
| The Word that sufficed— | |
| Out of her Body | 35 |
| Cometh His Christ. | |
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