Dual Power

THOU callest me with thy deep subtle voice

Whose still miraculous power I cannot ignore;

Irrevocable is my Spirits choice

And I belong to the sombre world no more.

Yet like a dragon-cloud its shadow falls

Upon my heart and masks the mystic ame

That rises up from times encircling walls

Towards the lonely sun-height of thy Name.

I am lost in a wide dreadful gulf of night,

A star struggling to climb from a black sea;

But wave on wave invades the diamond light

And drown in turbulent foam its burning cry.

With outstretched arms Thou comest and thy grace

Lifts me and carries like a child along

The unknown ways in thy secure embrace,

Murmuring in thy bosom like a happy song.

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