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Collected Works (Vol. I)
Collected Works (Vol. I) (1905), PDF p. 63
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SONGS OF THE SPIRIT
For truth and desire and devotion
May lend through the verses a voice,
They tremble with violent motion,
They yearn to be fair for thy choice
As billows and winds of the ocean that roar
and rejoice.
For winds that are shaken and riven
I bound by my power unto me;
For these have I battled and striven
With winds that are rapid and free; :
With weapons of words I have driven the|
pulse of the sea.
| There steals through my coldness a fire,
Between my slow words is a sword,
One lit by the heart of desire,
One sharp in the hand of the Lord;
To these that sink, sleep, and expire, your
welcome accord,
With wrath or repose for its raiment
Your power, like a pyramid, stands;
My love, with no claim, as a claimant
Came seeking out truthin the sands,
Found truth, and must placein poor payment
this bookin your hands.
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