Life-Unity

Life-Unity

I housed within my heart the life of things,
    All hearts athrob in the world I felt as mine;
I shared the joy that in creation sings
    And drank its sorrow like a poignant wine.

I have felt the anger in another's breast,
    All passions poured through my world-self their waves;
One love I shared in a million bosoms expressed.
    I am the beast man slays, the beast he saves.

I spread life's burning wings of rapture and pain;
    Black fire and gold fire strove towards one bliss:
I rose by them towards a supernal plane
    Of power and love and deathless ecstasies.

A deep spiritual calm no touch can sway
Upholds the mystery of this Passion-play.