Henry Charles Beeching, ed. (1859–1919). Lyra Sacra: A Book of Religious Verse. 1903.

By Edward Dowden (1843–1913)

A speaker to God


THUS it shall be a lifetime,—ne’er to meet;
A trackless land divides us lone and long;
Others who seek Him find, run swift to greet
Their Friend, approach the Bridegroom’s door with song.

I stand, nor dare affirm I see or hear;	5
How should I dream, when strict is my employ?
Yet if some time, far hence, Thou drawest near,
Shall there be any joy like to our joy?