Time shall not lessen nor the grave deny The love that bloomed a fire in my heart When first I saw you through the painted glass, The coloured rays that sought your radiance, And all my soul went suddenly out of me As light filled all in that vast corridor. I knew perfection as a dream of God Come down in silence through the whirling stars. So often I return in lonely hours To your fragrance held as in a diamond vial Protected from the poison of the world, Your eyes that drew me into mystic depths Your care that soothed the sorrow of my soul, Your love that even Gods cannot transcend. The mind is faithless but the heart is pure Not given to the vagaries of form; Immortal you were then, immortal now Immortal my remembrance of your song.
Poems Undated (1727)
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