| Nicholson & Lee, eds. The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse. 1917. |
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| 390. Spring’s Sacrament |
| By Harold E. Goad |
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| ‘LIFT up your hearts!’ The holy dews | |
| Asperge the woodland throng; | |
| Dawn after dawn the lark renews | |
| His miracle of song; | |
| While taper-like the crocus pricks | 5 |
| Athwart the yearning sod; | |
| The primrose lifts his golden pyx, | |
| And God looks forth to God. | |
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| The symbols blind, the visions fail, | |
| Our souls strain out to Thee; | 10 |
| Within the leaf, the light, the veil, | |
| Is Thy Felicity. | |
| O Heart of all the world’s desire, | |
| Breathe from around, above, | |
| The mystic kiss of Fire to fire | 15 |
| That Love will yield to love! | |
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