| George William (“A. E.”) Russell (1867–1935). Collected Poems by A.E. 1913. |
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| 39. Sacrifice |
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| THOSE delicate wanderers, | |
| The wind, the star, the cloud, | |
| Ever before mine eyes, | |
| As to an altar bowed, | |
| Light and dew-laden airs | 5 |
| Offer in sacrifice. | |
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| The offerings arise: | |
| Hazes of rainbow light, | |
| Pure crystal, blue, and gold, | |
| Through dreamland take their flight; | 10 |
| And ’mid the sacrifice | |
| God moveth as of old. | |
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| In miracles of fire | |
| He symbols forth his days; | |
| In gleams of crystal light | 15 |
| Reveals what pure pathways | |
| Lead to the soul’s desire, | |
| The silence of the height. | |
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