Because Thou art

 

Because Thou art All-beauty and All-bliss,
             My soul blind and enamoured yearns for Thee;
      It bears Thy mystic touch in all that is
             And thrills with the burden of that ecstasy.

      Behind all eyes I meet Thy secret gaze
             And in each voice I hear Thy magic tune :
 Thy sweetness haunts my heart through Nature's ways;
              Nowhere it beats now from Thy snare immune.

     I loves Thy body in all living things ;
              Thy joy is there in every leaf and stone :
     The moments bring Thee on their fiery wings ;
              Sight's endless artistry is Thou alone.

    Time voyages with Thee upon its prow-
            And all the future's passionate hope is Thou.

25.10.1939