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

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

295. Reconciliation

I BEGIN through the grass once again to be bound to the Lord;

I can see, through a face that has faded, the face full of rest

Of the earth, of the mother, my heart with her heart in accord,

As I lie ’mid the cool green tresses that mantle her breast

I begin with the grass once again to be bound to be Lord.

By the hand of a child I am led to the throne of the King

For a touch that now fevers me not is forgotten and far,

And His infinite sceptred hands that sway us can bring

Me in dreams from the laugh of a child to the song of a star.

On the laugh of a child I am borne to the joy of the King.