The Swedish Seer went not astray when he
Named these two Principles Wisdom and Love;
Their junction formeth all that e'er can be,
Spirit or substance, matter, all we see,
Or feel, or think, or hope for from above;
Their union, growing closer hour by hour,
Oped infinite conditions when they clove
Unto each other with resistless power
That moves all Being—each the other's living dower.
26.
To show that Being must be dual, let
Us for a moment brief only suppose
One man alone, one sentient being, set
In utter nothingness, with nought to fret
Or to disturb the silence and repose—
He could not even know he lived at all!
'Tis moving contact that to each one shows
He has existence. If stark darkness fall,
One cannot feel his hand without some motion small.
27.
Love sleeping all alone could never wake;
Wisdom in lone repose could give no light;
The two brought into contact, Love would quake
With thrilling tremor that would warm and wake
Wisdom to knowledge and a joyous sight
Of his companion blushing to be seen;
The mutual recognition would be quite
A startling revelation in the sheen
Of Light and Life gendered by touch the two between.
28.
Then think with what attractive force the two
Great Principles of Being would be drawn
Together, with no other thing in view
To militate against the union true
Of every eager atom, which would yawn
With the intensest hunger to be wed
To its twin atom, waiting in the dawn
Of resurrection from the rayless dead,
To thus be on its everlasting journey sped!
29.
An illustration feeble this of how
The Principles of Love and Wisdom blend
In mutual accord, and thus endow
The Pair with the capacity to grow
Into a fonder union without end,
Evolving from their conscious being all
The forms and forces which forever send
The tide of Life through all that soar or crawl,
Wherever the conditions infinite may call.