@3Who is with me?@1 I whom you know. @3I know no man@1 I am none you have seen. @3How can this be?@1 You are the flower on my tree, And I the forest hidden in the flower, I am the power That to dust gives sight, I am the light That casts the shadow of the world, And in that shadow you are veiled In my darkness sevenfold. You are the child, The bride and mother of a mystery, Yet you shall know Who I am that lies in you, Whose the arms wherein you lie. @3Then let the hidden will of love Descend upon me like a dove And my seven veils of night Become a sevenfold rainbow bright, And each beam of love shall raise A spirit that shall sing love's praise, A heart to beat for love's delight, The petals of an opening world, And at the centre, love revealed.@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PUSSY-WILLOW TIME by ROBERT FROST ABOU BEN ADHEM by JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT MEN AND BOYS by KARL THEODORE KORNER TO THE DANDELION by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL TO THE UNKNOWN EROS: BOOK 1: 8. DEPARTURE by COVENTRY KERSEY DIGHTON PATMORE |