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SONGS OF THE SOUL
I AM HERE
I roamed alone by ocean’s shore
And watched: the wrestling, brawling waves did roar
Alive with Thy own restless Life.
Thy angry mood and ripply quiver,
Thy wrathful vastness made me shiver;
I turned away from heated strife.—
A kindly waving tree
Caught my roving eye so free
To comfort me with gentler look sublime
That I did feel was Thine.—
I saw the gaugeless mystic sky,
And down its valley dark I ran to pry
At Thee, and play with Thee;—
I failed to find Thy hiding Body,
Yet I felt everywhere
That Thou wert always near,
Playing at hide and seek with me,—
Receding when I almost touched Thee
As to find Thee I groped blindfold—
In ignorant darkness old.
And watched: the wrestling, brawling waves did roar
Alive with Thy own restless Life.
Thy angry mood and ripply quiver,
Thy wrathful vastness made me shiver;
I turned away from heated strife.—
A kindly waving tree
Caught my roving eye so free
To comfort me with gentler look sublime
That I did feel was Thine.—
I saw the gaugeless mystic sky,
And down its valley dark I ran to pry
At Thee, and play with Thee;—
I failed to find Thy hiding Body,
Yet I felt everywhere
That Thou wert always near,
Playing at hide and seek with me,—
Receding when I almost touched Thee
As to find Thee I groped blindfold—
In ignorant darkness old.
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