Classic Poem

30

The mind of man environing its thought,
Wherein a world within this world is wrought, —
A shadowed face alone in fields of light.
The lowly growth and long endeavour of will
That waits and watches from its human hill,
A landmark tree looming against the night.

World undiscovered within us, radiant-white,
Through miracles of sight unmastered still,
Grant us the power to follow and to fulfil.