1898 · CLOSE READING
Songs of the Spirit
Songs of the Spirit (1898), PDF p. 98
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And on his feet I knew the sandals were
More beautiful than flame, and white,
And on the glory of his hair
The crown of night.
And I beheld his robe, and on its hem
Were writ unlawful words to say,
Broidered like lilies, with a gem
More clear than day.
And round him shone so wonderful a light
As when on Galilee
Jesus once walked, and clove the night
And calmed the sea.
I scarce could see his features for the fire
That dwelt about his brow,
Yet, for the whiteness of my own desire,
I see him now ;
Because my footsteps follow his, and tread
The awful bounds of heaven, and make
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