Cassia; And Other Verse (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE MEDITATION OF AN EARLY CHRISTIAN To that great Light that shone from Nazareth, Who best discerned the things of Life, of Death, Who taught us, first and last, that love for man Avails where naught else can, Who gave the Law, To others do as ye Yourselves would be done by ? I make my plea, (And pardon grant, that oft I strove, and failed, To show how Love availed ) For this I found ? full often found, in sooth ? The precious things of justice and of truth And faith fraternal which, past all, I sought, By men were deemed as naught; Since better did they love to be beguiled With glozing words and flatteries smoothly filed, And little did they crave that I should do The deed I deemed most true. I gave them what I daily prayed might be In human love apportioned unto me ? What had been meat, to fill my hungering lot; In vain it fed them not. And now, I see it is not counted good To do to others save as others would. Lord, in what manner should one hold Thy Law surnamed of Gold? THE SOUL UNWEARIED Weary were feet with the race of the day, Weary were eyes from their watch on the way, Weary the breast, with the heart knocking fast, And I groped for the door of Dark Peace, That waiteth all pilgrims at last. To my Soul all alone in the waste I then spake: I am tired, and my farewell of Time I would take: Flee with me hence from this scene undesired, Flee with me hence, O my Soul, For, even as I, thou art tired Then the voice of my Soul all alone filled the waste: Flee hence, or abide ? as thou wilt ? as thou mayst; But I ? lo, I tire not, and never shall tire, If within or without thee I dwell ? Thou bondslave to Time and Desire Back from the door of Dark Peace I recoiled, Crying: If Time hath not marred th...