Farewell
Frederick William Harvey
9781465662477
213 pages
Library of Alexandria
Overview
God of bright colours: rainbows, peacocks, And the shot-silk gleam of springing Wind-shaken wheat On rolling red-ribbed Earth: Thou Who dost bring to birth From out the womb Of darkness golden flowers, Filling the hollows With daffodils in March, Cowslips in April, Dog-roses in May, Who in the smouldering forest Makes the huge Red flare of Autumn: God of all the colours On Earth, and hues (too bright for mortal eyes) In Paradise— Unblind me to Thy glory, That I may see! God of light dancing: Waves and ripples In foam and forest, And shadows under leaves, Lambs leaping, prancing, Horses, dragon-flies, Stars ... Thou Whose eye perceives How and in what dream-ecstasy tall reeds Shake out brown hair and sway Like dusky girls Tranced in an Indian air; Who knowest the way Of clouds Which glide o’er blue unflowered fields, Scattering shadows On golden meadows And fields of dancing daisies: Teach me, O Lord, The rhythm of that joy which is Thy mind! Make my soul dance!
