In Human Breasts

One lingering shade among departing rays

As night draws down the day to rest and sleep

Remains, a hue of orange-gold, a tint

As rarely seen before, a diamond glow,

No opal and no precious gem could hold

The beauty of that flame-like last descent;

A beauty I have found in women's eyes

And in the kind and noble hearts of men,

Peace on the face of the departing soul

And joy made manifest in children's song.

O earth thy greater destiny awaits

Our slow awakening to consciousness,

The light now buried as the sun must seem

Behind grey clouds or in the darkest hour.

But dawn shall come, the harbinger of light.

Though years of toil and effort still remain

The soul shall see what now to the eye is closed,

Mortality to diviner heights aspire,

In human breasts divinity shall lodge,

Through human eyes God's radiance shall shine.