I heard his hundred pinions clang,

Heaven-bells rejoicing rang and rang,

Heaven-air was thrilled with subtle scents,

Worlds spun upon their rushing cars:

He mounted shrieking: Give me light.'

Still light was poured on him, more light;

Angels, Archangels he outstripped

Exultant in exceeding might,

And trod the skirts of Cherubim.

Still Give me light,' he shrieked; and dipped

His thirsty face, and drank a sea,

Athirst with thirst it could not slake.

I saw him, drunk with knowledge, take
From aching brows the aureole crown-
His locks writhed like a cloven snake-
He left his throne to grovel down
And lick the dust of Seraphs' feet:

For what is knowledge duly weighed ?
Knowledge is strong, but love is sweet;

Yea all the progress he had made

Was but to learn that all is small

Save love, for love is all in all.

I tell you what I dreamed last night: It was not dark, it was not light,

Cold dews had drenched my plenteous hair

Through clay; you came to seek me there.

And 'Do

dream of me you

?' you said.

My heart was dust that used to leap

Το

you; I answered half asleep :

'My pillow is damp, my sheets are red,

There's a leaden tester to my bed:

Find you a warmer playfellow,

A warmer pillow for your head,

A kinder love to love than mine.'

You wrung your hands; while I like lead

Crushed downwards through the sodden earth:

You smote your hands but not in mirth,

And reeled but were not drunk with wine.

For all night long I dreamed of you:

I woke and prayed against my will,

Then slept to dream of you again.

At length I rose and knelt and prayed :
I cannot write the words I said,

My words were slow, my tears were few;

But through the dark my silence spoke

Like thunder.

When this morning broke,

My face was pinched, my hair was grey,

And frozen blood was on the sill

Where stifling in my struggle I lay.

If now you saw me you would say:

Where is the face I used to love?

And I would answer: Gone before ;
It tarries veiled in paradise.

When once the morning star shall rise,
When earth with shadow flees away
And we stand safe within the door,

Then you shall lift the veil thereof.

Look up, rise

up:

for far above

Our palms are grown, our place is set;

There we shall meet as once we met

And love with old familiar love.

UP-HILL.

DOES the road wind up-hill all the way?

Will the day's journey take the whole long day?

From morn to night, my friend.

But is there for the night a resting-place?

A roof for when the slow dark hours begin.

May not the darkness hide it from

my

face?

You cannot miss that inn.

Shall I meet other wayfarers at night?
Those who have gone before.

Then must I knock, or call when just in sight?

They will not keep you standing at that door.