Exempt from the bond
All others that binds,
As a flowery frond
The spark of thee blinds,
Within and beyond
As a thought of the mind’s
In all, and about, and above! I invoke thee, my word as
the wind’s.
THE FIRE
I, raging and lowering,
I, flying and cowering,
I, weaving and woven,
Budding and flowering,
Spiring and showering,
Cleaving and cloven !
My being encloses
Fountains of roses,
Lilies, and light!
I wrap and I sunder!
I am lightning and thunder!
The world-souls wonder
At me and my might!
All-piercing, all-winding,
All-moving, all-blinding,
All shaken in my hissing;
My life’s light finding
All spirits, and binding
Their love with my kissing;
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