JOURNEY’S END

Forgive me, dear, if I have lost my way,

In coming home to you

Through storm and shadow of the gathering night;

If I did stray,

Still I was seeking, and I never knew

How near me burned the dear and friendly light.

Now at your door, ere the great Dark begin,

Alone I stand, and knock:

Say not it is too late that I have come—

O take me in,

For I am yours! Darling, unlock, unlock—

All Time to this was but a journey home!