| George William (“A. E.”) Russell (1867–1935). Collected Poems by A.E. 1913. |
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| 1. Epigram |
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| OH, be not led away, | |
| Lured by the colour of the sun-rich day. | |
| The gay romance of song | |
| Unto the spirit life doth not belong: | |
| Though far-between the hours | 5 |
| In which the Master of Angelic powers | |
| Lightens the dusk within | |
| The holy of holies, be it thine to win | |
| Rare vistas of white light, | |
| Half-parted lips through which the Infinite | 10 |
| Murmurs its ancient story, | |
| Hearkening to whom the wandering planets hoary | |
| Waken primeval fires, | |
| With deeper rapture in celestial choirs | |
| Breathe, and with fleeter motion | 15 |
| Wheel in their orbits through the surgeless ocean. | |
| So hearken thou like these, | |
| Intent on it, mounting by slow degrees, | |
| Until thy song’s elation | |
| Echoes the multitudinous meditation. | 20 |
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