INCLUSIVE EDITION, 1885-1918 655
All thought, all desires,
That are under the sun, Are one with their fires,
As we also are one. All matter, all spirit,
All fashion, all frame, Receive and inherit
Their strength from the same.
Oh, man that deniest
All power save thine own Their power in the highest
Is mightily shown. Not less in the lowest
That power is made clear. (Oh, man, if thou knowest,
What treasure is here!)
Earth quakes in her throes
And we wonder for why. But the blind planet knows
When her ruler is nigh; And, attuned since Creation
To perfect accord, She thrills in her station
And yearns to her Lord.
The waters have risen,
The springs are unbound The floods break their prison,
And ravin around. No rampart withstands 'em,
Their fury will last, Till the Sign that commands 'em
Sinks low or swings past.