Poems (Jordan)/Causes
CAUSES
There is no absence but a failing love,
Nor distance, save that made by wand'ring thought;
And bridges built two lives between but prove
Necessity hath been the one who wrought.
Nor distance, save that made by wand'ring thought;
And bridges built two lives between but prove
Necessity hath been the one who wrought.
There is no presence with the heart afar,
Nor nearness but the heart which understands;
Beneath all moods which on the surface are
Love holds two lives as one in priestly hands.
Nor nearness but the heart which understands;
Beneath all moods which on the surface are
Love holds two lives as one in priestly hands.
There is no blindness save a loss unknown—
Because possession was unrealized;
No heart can tread Earth's God-paved paths alone,
Except it has some fellowship despised.
Because possession was unrealized;
No heart can tread Earth's God-paved paths alone,
Except it has some fellowship despised.
There are no silences, save when a word
Against the heart hath laid its stilling sound;
There is no sickness save of hope deferred,
Nor death but from Despair's untended wound!
Against the heart hath laid its stilling sound;
There is no sickness save of hope deferred,
Nor death but from Despair's untended wound!