"Last night as I was sitting,
My faint heart ceased to beat,
Listening in the silence
To the tread of nearing feet.
"Through the tower dumb in midnight
They passed from floor to floor,
Till at length they halted
Hard without my door.
"I knew 'twas Thou who stood'st there,
With but a door's divide!
With a wild and longing motion
I strode and flung it wide.
"Out into velvet darkness
My whirring eyeballs stare.
I whisper. Nothing answers.
And there is no one there."
IV
Canticle
"O Day so bright,
Bring thou my Love to me,
In blinding, deep delight
And ecstasy.
"O Night so wide,
So black, keep close till He,
The light within my side
Seen, comes to me.
"O wandering Wind,
Sing in His ears the sum
Of longing, mad His mind,
Compel He come.
"Earth I adore,
From whom to whom I go,
Bring Him to me before
I return so.
"Sun, nought doth let
In journey or depart;
Make Him, arisen, set
Within my heart.