Poems (Jordan)/"The Fullness Thereof"
"THE FULLNESS THEREOF"
Visible Nature but conceals
The fullness which itself outlines;
Tis to "the meek' the Lord reveals
Their best possessions, 'neath the signs.
The fullness which itself outlines;
Tis to "the meek' the Lord reveals
Their best possessions, 'neath the signs.
The wonderful inheritance
Of meanings, to the which outsides
Of living—Sight and Circumstance—
But point, God for man's life provides.
Of meanings, to the which outsides
Of living—Sight and Circumstance—
But point, God for man's life provides.
Thus Earth with 1ts variety
Of tongues, doth voice a single thought,
That Life is one; that all we see,
Is but for it a cradle wrought.
Of tongues, doth voice a single thought,
That Life is one; that all we see,
Is but for it a cradle wrought.
Reason may come with undimmed lamp,
And scan Earth's surface characters;
May wipe away the ages' damp
Gathered upon its sepulchres,—
And scan Earth's surface characters;
May wipe away the ages' damp
Gathered upon its sepulchres,—
But only to the eye of Faith
The living Truth is ever shown;
Faith meets the Risen in ev'ry path—
Reason stands gazing at the Stone!
The living Truth is ever shown;
Faith meets the Risen in ev'ry path—
Reason stands gazing at the Stone!