“Yet have I but one daughter,” answered God.
“Is it possible that even yet thou dost not know me?” whispered the
veiled one.
HOME
HOME!--HOME!
All night the orchards sighing and surging.... All night the branches
tossing and gesturing against the moon.... All night the scent of the
blossom.... But why do they say that I am dead?
LOVE SONG
He sang of the strong labouring of stars that wheel in their courses,
and of passionate Suns.... Songs of courage against destiny, of
scorn against mean riches; songs of sorrow, and of dancing joy; of
childhood, old age, and life again after. But never a song sang he of
his beloved. Therefore she laughed, and knew that he was still her
slave.
THE WINDOW
Blinking at the sun, what things of horror come peering out of
me!--what ages of beasts! O that God would look out of me upon His
world--that I might be a window for the eyes of Christ!
BROTHERS
Are men only our brothers? Were not the animals and the stars at
Bethlehem?
HOLY BROTHERHOOD
O you who have found mankind for a brother, be not content! You are
brothers and sisters of angels and archangels: and your feet are on the
glimmering roadways of unimaginable stars.
_Printed by Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury._
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES:
Italicized text is surrounded by underscores: _italics_.
Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
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