Poems (Hinchman)/I have ask'd much from the high Gods

by Anne Hinchman

XXXIII

I have ask'd much from the high Gods: That they descend and show my sight Their goodly splendor and their might;This ask'd I from the lofty Gods.

Again I ask'd from the high Gods That they arise and teach my tongue The mighty numbers they have sung.This ask'd I from the potent Gods.

And from immortal vaults I heard The laughter of a giant power As sounds the sea in stormy hour,—Such noise from the great vaults I heard.

To hark or break an earnest prayer, O ye fair Gods, is yours to say; A suppliant cries to you alwayTo harken to an earnest prayer.