Poems (Cromwell)/The Hermit

by Gladys Cromwell

For works with similar titles, see The Hermit.

THE HERMIT

I mark the hermit's den,  And ponder why he fled So far from other men;  Why chose to make his bed In lonely Nature's fen.

For surely he must tread  On yearnings even there; And he must see—outspread— The vital branches bear The burden of Christ dead.