Saturday, 23 January 2016

V. 2. / 151.) Bells Of Silver . . .




Bells of silver in the silence sound
Emerging from the inner sanctum
Of our unseen lambs --- cadences
Of unearthly music run in rills, as
Water trickling escaped from rock

Taste the liquid sound, glittering
In the eve-light, shimmering as
The leaves of poplars in a breeze
It cannot be seen --- or heard, but
It's there defying all description

From all their works in this world
Some silver sound seeps through
Yet not, a sound, nor a thing, seen
Nor yet a taste, but some fragrance
Of a heavenly lightness and hid joy!

The empyrean elusive thing sensed
Our heart is lifted forth in the instant
Spirit, uniquely touched, is caught
Moments in the joyous holy light!
The thing, rare, as a new butterfly

A hint that can never be captured
Eluding each effort to hear or find it
Not conforming to any expectation,
But once heard --- never forgotten!
Even for a whole lifetime: it haunts.



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