182 MYSTERIES:
That fear is nothing; ’twere one strangling pain,
Nor should I feel again.
The Fear of Faithlessness! But well I know,
Beyond the faith that mortals hold for truth,
That we are wedded, in eternal youth,
In the true marriage. While the rivers flow,
And the sea mourns for Sappho, and the trees
Croon over men their many melodies,
And the sun burns above, and ice and snow
With ermine robes and cloudy canopies
Crown the rock pyramids, and God stands fast
In heaven, our love shall last.
It was the shadow of some cloudy Thing,
That touched my mind a moment, and is past
Into the gloomy.kingdom. I may cast
The sandals of the night away, and fling
My body, like a meteor, far and fast
Into the azure, and within the vast
Lift up my voice and eloquently sing,
Till God delight to hear me at the last,
To wed his Love unto my love and me
For a new Trinity!