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A Woman's Reliquary

[by Edward Dowden]
Dowden, Edward (1843-1913)

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[The secret may be whispered in the shrine]
 I. 
I THE ROSARY
 II. 
II SONG A SHADOW
 III. 
III SILENCE AND SPEECH
 IV. 
IV A GARDEN INCLOSED
 V. 
V THE WELL
 VI. 
VI AFAR
 VII. 
VII PREMONITIONS
 VIII. 
VIII BUD AND BLOSSOM
 IX. 
IX THE HAVEN
 X. 
X MANNA
 XI. 
XI LOVE'S NUDITY
 XII. 
XII MIRACLES
 XIII. 
XIII LOVE'S LAW
 XIV. 
XIV LOVE'S ARTISTRY
 XV. 
XV CREDO QUIA IMPOSSIBILE
 XVI. 
XVI HARVEST
 XVII. 
XVII A MOMENT
 XVIII. 
XVIII GRIEF IN JOY
 XIX. 
XIX GIVING AND TAKING
 XX. 
XX THE INTERPRETER
 XXI. 
XXI DECEMBER
 XXII. 
XXII ‘I WILL’
 XXIII. 
XXIII LOVE'S SACRAMENT
 XXIV. 
XXIV AVE ATQUE VALE
 XXV. 
XXV THE RESTING PLACE
 XXVI. 
XXVI IMPERSONAL
 XXVII. 
XXVII BABBLEMENT
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII GRATITUDE
 XXIX. 
XXIX EMBAYED
 XXX. 
XXX THE BOWMAN
 XXXI. 
XXXI GIFT ON GIFT
 XXXII. 
XXXII THE CHAPEL
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII EXCHANGES
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV SURPRISES
 XXXV. 
XXXV CHARITY AND KNOWLEDGE
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI THE POTTER'S WHEEL
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII THE HOLY OF HOLIES
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII GOLD HAIR
 XXXIX. 
XXXIX THE PITCHER
 XL. 
XL TURF
 XLI. 
XLI FONS SIGNATUS
 XLII. 
XLII THE PLUMMET
 XLIII. 
XLIII COMMUNITY
 XLIV. 
XLIV INDULGENCES
 XLV. 
XLV LOVE TOKENS
 XLVI. 
XLVI BRITOMART
 XLVII. 
XLVII LOVE'S CHORD
 XLVIII. 
XLVIII HOURS AND MOMENTS
 XLIX. 
XLIX OLD LETTERS
 L. 
L THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE
 LI. 
LI THE BOOK OF HOURS
 LII. 
LII THE COUCH
 LIII. 
LIII SEA-ANEMONES
 LIV. 
LIV BURNET ROSES
 LV. 
LV SPRING IN AUTUMN
 LVI. 
LVI THE PILGRIM
 LVII. 
LVII SUNRISE
 LVIII. 
LVIII THE LOST DIAN
 LIX. 
LIX SECRETS
 LX. 
LX CLOUDS
 LXI. 
LXI SONG AND SUNSET
 LXII. 
LXII NATURE'S NEED
 LXIII. 
LXIII WAKING
 LXIV. 
LXIV THE VILLAGE WELL
 LXV. 
LXV BLOSSOMS
 LXVI. 
LXVI A FAREWELL
 LXVII. 
LXVII NEW HORIZONS
 LXVIII. 
LXVIII PAST AND PRESENT
 LXIX. 
LXIX POVERTY AND PLENTY
 LXX. 
LXX WISE FOOLISHNESS
 LXXI. 
LXXI CHILDHOOD
 LXXII. 
LXXII THE RIVAL
 LXXIII. 
LXXIII SIXTEEN YEARS
 LXXIV. 
LXXIV TRUTHS AND TRUTH
 LXXV. 
LXXV MADONNA
 LXXVI. 
LXXVI JUSTICE
 LXXVII. 
LXXVII LIBERALITY
 LXXVIII. 
LXXVIII THE WAVE
 LXXIX. 
LXXIX SPEECH A CLOUD
 LXXX. 
LXXX THE SOURCE
 LXXXI. 
LXXXI THE VIOLIN
 LXXXII. 
LXXXII SEA-MEWS' CRIES
 LXXXIII. 
LXXXIII THE NORTH WIND
 LXXXIV. 
LXXXIV THE RAPIDS
 LXXXV. 
LXXXV THE CHALLENGE
 LXXXVI. 
LXXXVI KNOWLEDGE AND TRUTH
 LXXXVII. 
LXXXVII EXCHANGE OF SEX
 LXXXVIII. 
LXXXVIII THE STONE-BREAKER
 LXXXIX. 
LXXXIX THE NEW CIRCE
 XC. 
XC DISCIPLINE
 XCI. 
XCI EVENTIDE
 XCII. 
XCII TRANSITION
 XCIII. 
XCIII GLOAMING
 XCIV. 
XCIV IN THE STORM
 XCV. 
XCV BETHESDA
 XCVI. 
XCVI WINNINGS
 XCVII. 
XCVII LOVE AND DEATH
 XCVIII. 
XCVIII THE BLESSED ONES
 XCIX. 
XCIX INTIMATE SORROW
 C. 
C LACHRYMATORIES
 CI. 
CI LOVE'S LORD
  
[Think not the bird, from rung to rung]

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LX
CLOUDS

Hourlong today I watch'd across the plain
The speechless intercourse of cloud and hill,
Approaches, hushed enfoldings, and again
Slow disengagements, sunderings soft and still.
Anon in ancient hollows, where the stream
Tumbles, or where the pinewood climbs the steep,
The fleecy vapours nestled as in dream,
Separate, yet side by side like folded sheep.
Last, height and heaven were bare; no pearly flake
But was a truant of the winnowing wind:
What gift of strength did those pale wanderers take?
What gift of sweetness did they leave behind?
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