All Unbelief is Midnight, but Faith the Night-Lamp's glow; Then see that no Thief cometh to steal thy Lamp when low. Our Hope is for the Sunlight, from which the Lamp did shine; The Light from which it kindled, still feeds its flame below. But when the Sun hath risen, both Night and Lamp go out; And Unbelief and Faith then, the higher Vision know. O Night! Why art thou dreaming? O Lamp! Why flickerest so? The swift Sun-horses panting, from East their fire-foam throw. 'Tis Night still in the shadow; the village Lamp burns dim; But in Dawn's Splendour towering, the Peaks Heaven's Glory show. Dawn V. The Day has dawned, thy festal Day, O Rose; Our cheeks all glow in thy bright Ray, O Rose. Love was the Gardener of the Rose-bed there; And now thy Flower blooms forth all gay, O Rose. When Herald Breezes blew: _The Rose!_ the Flowers Kneeling to thee glad Homage pay, O Rose. The Tulips danced; the Lilies, drinking there, Their brightest hues to thee display, O Rose. The Cypress whispered to the Ivy: Wake! Why dream'st thou, Child? She dreamed thy Play, O Rose; The Nightingale a thousand long nights through But trilled thy own sweet Melody, O Rose. The Heavens more fair assume thy radiant form, But thou outviest their Phantasy, O Rose. The Rose a message brings from Paradise Where Souls for thee all eager stay, O Rose. The Rose brings greeting to the Soul from Home; The Soul forgets thee not for aye, O Rose. The Rose unfolds the Sign of Beauty there: God's Seal Himself the Poets say, O Rose. The Soul crowns all Man's festal Cup of Joy; That he with thee may breathe Life's May, O Rose. The Rose is twined in all Life's gladdest Bonds, That Love from Man ne'er flee away, O Rose. Be closed in Buds thy Lips; but there let shine The Smile that ever in thee lay, O Rose. Allah Hu! VI. Sound Drum and mellow Flute, resounding: ALLAH HU[25]! Dance, ruddy Dawn, in Gladness bounding: ALLAH HU! Sun exalted in the Centre, O thou streaming Light; Soul of all wheeling Planets rounding: ALLAH HU! O Hearts! O Worlds! how soon your Dancing all would stop, Did not His Power sustain astounding! ALLAH HU! Love mazy, winding, changing, all embraces, The Night, the Dawn, the Day, resounding: ALLAH HU! Boom, Sea! on Shore, and Rock, thy Music praising God; O Nightingale to Rose trill, sounding: ALLAH HU! O Soul, what if one Star should falter in the Dance? His Will is Order ever founding: ALLAH HU! Who knows Love's mazy circling, ever lives in God; For Death, he knows, is Love abounding: ALLAH HU! [25] HE is GOD. Spring VII.