Time Shall Not Lessen

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.