Sunlit Hours

<SPAN name="X"></SPAN>X<br/> <br/> <br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Come out into the garden fair</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Where now the brooding eve</span><br/> Has closed the flowers with its tranquil light,<br/> And in thy soul let sink the peaceful night;<br/> For no longer may its gloom achieve<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">To trouble our deep prayer.</span><br/> <br/> Above, the crystal stars are shining forth<br/> With light translucent and more pure<br/> Than ever came from out the frozen North;<br/> Beyond them all, the peaceful skies endure.<br/> <br/> The million voices of this mystery<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Murmur around thee,</span><br/> The million laws of nature's realm<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Are stirring about thee.</span><br/> The silver tides from all the universe o'erwhelm<br/> Thy heart, but thou hast naught of fear or strife,<br/> For thy soul knows&mdash;it is that love may be,<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">The love that is the work of life</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">And its mystery in thee.</span><br/> <br/> Take then this peace the skies have sent,<br/> And lay it to thy soul, since fear has gone,<br/> This peace that floats, like some strange dawn,<br/> Across the midnight of the firmament.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />