 | 'Twixt Kiss and Lip or Under the Sword. By the author of "Women Must Weep," [i.e. F. W. O. Ward] Third edition |  |
INFLUENCE.
I cannot see thy face nor feel thy hands,
Yet like a prayer thy influence folds me round,
With many a holy sight and solemn sound,
In dew-soft shadows of caressing bands;
Yet like a prayer thy influence folds me round,
With many a holy sight and solemn sound,
In dew-soft shadows of caressing bands;
And though thy tongue with silent spells be bound,
Yet is thy voice a light in all the lands,
While winds and waters sigh thy sweet demands,
And in the flowers and sunshine thou art found.
Yet is thy voice a light in all the lands,
While winds and waters sigh thy sweet demands,
And in the flowers and sunshine thou art found.
A song without a prelude or an end,
That the wild gusts of every wood-note bend,
With sudden sobs of delicate desire;
That the wild gusts of every wood-note bend,
With sudden sobs of delicate desire;
The wings of passion and the feet of fire,
All these divinely in thy being blend,
With faith's strong hands that evermore aspire.
All these divinely in thy being blend,
With faith's strong hands that evermore aspire.
| 'Twixt Kiss and Lip or Under the Sword. By the author of "Women Must Weep," [i.e. F. W. O. Ward] Third edition | |