The Far Transcendences of Love

I've known the wine's extravagance

And found desire in the ways,

Lost the bloom of innocence

In the headlong rapture of my days.

But One who stood at the fiery gate

Encouraged me to boldly go

And seek my path yet consecrate,

Remembering the burning glow

She lit within this room of life,

Awaking the Sleeper from his dreams

Of worlds untenanted by strife,

To launch this craft on sunlit streams

And meet in perfect realms above

The far transcendences of love.