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Nicholson & Lee, eds. The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse. 1917.

“A. E.” (George William Russell) (1867–1935)

291. Desire

WITH Thee a moment! Then what dreams have play!

Traditions of eternal toil arise,

Search for the high, austere and lonely way

The Spirit moves in through eternities.

Ah, in the soul what memories arise!

And with what yearning inexpressible,

Rising from long forgetfulness I turn

To Thee, invisible, unrumoured, still:

White for Thy whiteness all desires burn.

Ah, with what longing once again I turn!