Erotica/I Called in Vain

by Arthur Clark Kennedy

I Called in Vain

I called in vain unto the night,To shew me heaven and heaven's God;I asked the sea who ruled her might   As with a rod.

I asked of all the winds the same,If they too served this unknown God,And from his footstool went and came,   Swayed by his nod.

I sought an answer from a star,But it hung in the voiceless void,And on my quest I wandered far   Unsatisfied.

Until I whispered to the ground,"O, Mother Earth, canst thou not proveThat such exist?" and then I foundMy heaven, your arms; my God, your love!