The Initiation |
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the flaming wings of cherubim
I moved toward that high altar. O, the hour! And the light waxed intenser, and the dim Low edges of the hills and the grey sea Were caught and captur’d by the present Power, My sureties and my witnesses to be. Then the light drew me in. Ah, perfect pain! Ah, infinite moment of accomplishment! Thou terror of pure joy, with neither wane Nor waxing, but long silence and sharp air As womb-forsaking babes breathe. Hush! the event Let him who wrought Love’s marvellous things declare. Shall I who fear’d not joy, fear grief at all? I on whose mouth Life laid his sudden lips Tremble at Death’s weak kiss, and not recall That sundering from the flesh, the flight from time, The judgements stern, the clear apocalypse, The lightnings, and the Presences sublime. How came I back to earth? I know not how, Nor what hands led me, nor what words were said. Now all things are made mine,--joy, sorrow; now I know my purpose deep, and can refrain; I walk among the living, not the dead; My sight is purged; I love and pity men. weight of all the garner’d years Bows me, and praise must find relief In harvest-song, and smiles and tears Twist in the band that binds my sheaf; Thou known Unknown, dark, radiant sea In whom we live, in whom we move, My spirit must lose itself in Thee, Crying a name--Life, Light, or Love. |