Heart Songs

<h2><SPAN name="THE_HEIGHT" id="THE_HEIGHT"></SPAN>The Height</h2> <div class="poetry"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0"><span class="letra">T</span>HE climbing step by step up pathways steep<br/></span> <span class="i2">Had wearied me upon that summer day,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Till, by-and-by, a strong hand seemed to sweep<br/></span> <span class="i2">All save the joyousness of life away,<br/></span> <span class="i0">The heavens stretched their azure folds above&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i2">I stood, my feet upon the dizzy height<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_204" id="page_204"></SPAN>{204}</span><br/></span> <span class="i0">I had not thought to reach save in my dreams;<br/></span> <span class="i2">The whirring of an eagle’s wings in flight<br/></span> <span class="i0">Towards rarer winds, and still more dazzling gleams<br/></span> <span class="i2">Of the red sun, was every sound abroad.<br/></span> <span class="i0">Full sweet the silence of the solemn place<br/></span> <span class="i2">Where nature, radiant, drew so close to God,<br/></span> <span class="i0">You saw His very kiss upon her face,<br/></span> <span class="i2">And heard the mystic murmur of His love.<br/></span></div> </div></div> <p class="c"><ANTIMG src="images/deco.png" width-obs="25" alt="[Decorative image unavailable.]" /></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />