That’s jailed in arrogant liberty;

And freedom, spacious and unflawed,

Who is walled about with God.

THE HOUND OF HEAVEN

By Francis Thompson

I fled Him, down the nights and down the days;

I fled Him down the arches of the years;

I fled Him down the labrinthine ways

Of my own mind; and in the midst of tears

I hid from Him, and under running laughter.