Poems by Themis

A Revelation

Love, something of your mystery

Was shown to me tonight;

The vision of your purity,

The vision of your light.

The secret workings of your Power

Were opened to mine eye,

I saw within a silent hour

Your eternities pass by.

The sacred wisdom, by your grace,

Was then made known to me;

I saw the beauty of your face

Through all infinity.

The stars and suns and revelling seas

 Put forth your deep delight,

Gold streams of joy and shining peace

Were unveiled to my sight.

The triumph of your winds and storms,

Your exquisite, strange art,

The rapture of your myriad forms,

 Was poured upon this heart.

And then your overpowering love

Stretched out its arms anew,

And rapt me in a trance above,

And I was lost in You ....

O Love, what could I offer You,

Who am all stark and nude?

Only the love You give to me,

 My soul's white gratitude.

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