| Nicholson & Lee, eds. The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse. 1917. |
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| 152. Specula |
| By Thomas Edward Brown (1830–1897) |
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| WHEN He appoints to meet thee, go thou forth— | |
| It matters not | |
| If south or north, | |
| Bleak waste or sunny plot. | |
| Nor think, if haply He thou seek’st be late, | 5 |
| He does thee wrong. | |
| To stile or gate | |
| Lean thou thy head, and long! | |
| It may be that to spy thee He is mounting | |
| Upon a tower, | 10 |
| Or in thy counting | |
| Thou hast mista’en the hour. | |
| But, if He comes not, neither do thou go | |
| Till Vesper chime. | |
| Belike thou then shalt know | 15 |
| He hath been with thee all the time. | |
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