| George William (“A. E.”) Russell (1867–1935). Collected Poems by A.E. 1913. |
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| 15. Answer |
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| THE WARMTH of life is quenched with bitter frost; | |
| Upon the lonely road a child limps by | |
| Skirting the frozen pools: our way is lost: | |
| Our hearts sink utterly. | |
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| But from the snow-patched moorland chill and drear, | 5 |
| Lifting our eyes beyond the spirëd height, | |
| With white-fire lips apart the dawn breathes clear | |
| Its soundless hymn of light. | |
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| Out of the vast the voice of one replies | |
| Whose words are clouds and stars and night and day, | 10 |
| When for the light the anguished spirit cries | |
| Deep in its house of clay. | |
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