Impressions: A Book of Verse/His Answer (2)

by Lilla Cabot Perry

 

HIS ANSWER

TRUTH dwells upon the mountain-tops alone.
Through various ways we all must seek it there.
What though I climb o'er rough-hewn path of stone
And thou o'er flowers, we breathe the self-same air.

We breathe the selfsame air, the selfsame love
Encompasses and leads us on our way,
Our faces turned to the same skies above,
By various ways to the same God we pray.

Then let us feel the bond that makes us one,
Though different be our mood, our thought, our speech,
Let love unite us all beneath God's sun
That shines for all, nor chooses each from each.

Truth dwells upon the mountain-tops alone;
Truth shines into our hearts from Heaven's star;
Truth teaches us that multitudes are one,
And hearts are one that seek it near or far!