| Nicholson & Lee, eds. The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse. 1917. |
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| 87. ‘If there had anywhere’ |
| By Richard Chenevix Trench, Archbishop of Dublin (1807–1886) |
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| IF there had anywhere appeared in space | |
| Another place of refuge, where to flee, | |
| Our hearts had taken refuge in that place, | |
| And not with Thee. | |
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| For we against creation’s bars had beat | 5 |
| Like prisoned eagles, through great worlds had sought | |
| Though but a foot of ground to plant our feet, | |
| Where Thou wert not. | |
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| And only when we found in earth and air, | |
| In heaven or hell, that such might nowhere be— | 10 |
| That we could not flee from Thee anywhere, | |
| We fled to Thee. | |
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