IV.
Weeping, weeping in his lone cell lowly
Till to sleep he wept!
Loving, loving, watched above the angels
Smiling as he slept.
(Never roof of stone, or stars, the Godhead
From their vision kept!)
Down the night on him from Choirs Celestial
Song and glory swept.
Singing, singing songs that speak Creation's
Speechless ecstasy,
All the worlds were looking up to listen,
He looked up to see.
Following upward songs and looks of angels
In his dream, the boy
Drank for one unutterable moment
Of the Well of Joy,
Gazed one moment on the Face whose Beauty
Wakes the world's great hymn,
Felt it, one unutterable moment
Bent in love o'er him;
In that look felt heaven, earth, men, and angels
Distant grow and dim;
In that look felt heaven, earth, men, and angels
Nearer grow in Him.
