Sunlit Hours

<SPAN name="XI"></SPAN>XI<br/> <br/> <br/> How swiftly is she caught in ecstasy,<br/> With her clear eyes of leaping flame;<br/> She, so sweet with clarity,<br/> Meek before life's sternest claim.<br/> This eve how sudden fervour rayed<br/> Her eyes! A simple word did entrance yield<br/> To the garden where she stood revealed<br/> Both queen and serving maid!<br/> So meek herself, but for us two on fire;<br/> To her must kneel whoever doth desire<br/> The harvest of that joy that rolls<br/> From out our two surchargèd souls.<br/> We heard exulting love within us seek<br/> The quiet refuge of our hearts once more,<br/> And the living silence speak<br/> Words we dreamed not of before!<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />