My Debt to God

We through the green woods walked alone,

The gods of ray and beam upon us shone,

What thoughts we shared as death upon her stole

Are sealed within the chambers of the soul.

I wandered through the fields of God that night

When stars in crystal splendour wed the moon,

Aware the days were few when from my sight

Her spirit would be taken all too soon.

O my beloved, a century of tears

Shall follow in thy too soon passing's wake

And earth shall bloom less bright than the years

When beauty walked on earth for beauty's sake.

O loving soul who blessed this life with love

Now towards Her feet alone I must move

And slowly walk again the upward Way,

Transforming self my debt to God repay.