Nicholson & Lee, eds. The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse. 1917.
G. K. Chesterton (18741936)313. The Holy of Holies
‘E
Shine with hoary mysteries,
Canst thou tell what in the heart
Of a cowslip blossom lies?
Secret as the deepest sea,
Stands a little house of seeds,
Like an elfin’s granary.
Skilled in Nature’s crafts and creeds,
Tell me what is in the heart
Of the smallest of the seeds.’
Cherubim and Seraphim,
Filling all eternity—
Adonai Elohim.’