THE RECONCILER.
"And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. And one of the elders saith unto me, 'Weep not; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book.'"
The Revelation of St. John.
All things are reconciled
In Thee, O Lord! all fierce extremes that beat
Along Time's shore, like chidden waves grown mild.
Have crept to kiss Thy feet!
In Thee, O Lord! all fierce extremes that beat
Along Time's shore, like chidden waves grown mild.
Have crept to kiss Thy feet!
For there is no more sea
Within Thy kingdom; so within Thy reign
Are no more tides that murmur and complain,
Like ancient foes that seem through some dark law
Their life from out each other's hate to draw;
So Light and Darkness, Good and Evil, set
Against the other's being, strive, and yet
Contending mix, while caught and driven by winds
So keen and restless in their rage, the Will,
Drawn hither, thither, trembles, till it finds
Its centre, and is still.
Within Thy kingdom; so within Thy reign
Are no more tides that murmur and complain,
Like ancient foes that seem through some dark law
Their life from out each other's hate to draw;
So Light and Darkness, Good and Evil, set
Against the other's being, strive, and yet
Contending mix, while caught and driven by winds
So keen and restless in their rage, the Will,
Drawn hither, thither, trembles, till it finds
Its centre, and is still.
