Nicholson & Lee, eds. The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse. 1917.
Harold Elsdale Goad (18781956)390. Springs Sacrament
‘L
Asperge the woodland throng;
Dawn after dawn the lark renews
His miracle of song;
While taper-like the crocus pricks
Athwart the yearning sod;
The primrose lifts his golden pyx,
And God looks forth to God.
Our souls strain out to Thee;
Within the leaf, the light, the veil,
Is Thy Felicity.
O Heart of all the world’s desire,
Breathe from around, above,
The mystic kiss of Fire to fire
That Love will yield to love!