Mother's Grace

Because thou art the world shall yet survive

Its madness and estrangement from the light,

The darkness that men love, on which they thrive

And joy in the seductions of the night.

Escape from life no longer is the Way

Or suffering to gain the Heaven-Crown,

Relinquish earth to evil's sordid play

And in the seas of ignorance to drown.

This might have been if we were left alone

With ego lord of blind humanity

Propped vainly now on falsehood's blackened throne,

Our call unanswered by divinity.

But thou hast come to vanquish death and sin.

Abandoned we no longer whirl in fear,

Immortal souls their sacred reign begin

Transforming by thy Grace this hallowed sphere.