| George William (“A. E.”) Russell (1867–1935). Collected Poems by A.E. 1913. |
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| 81. Creation |
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| AS one by one the veils took flight, | |
| The day withdrew, the stars came up. | |
| The spirit issued pale and bright | |
| Filling thy beauty like a cup. | |
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| Sacred thy laughter on the air, | 5 |
| Holy thy lightest word that fell, | |
| Proud the innumerable hair | |
| That waved at the enchanter’s spell. | |
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| O, Master of the Beautiful, | |
| Creating us from hour to hour, | 10 |
| Give me this vision to the full | |
| To see in lightest things thy power. | |
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| This vision give, no heaven afar, | |
| No throne, and yet I will rejoice | |
| Knowing beneath my feet a star | 15 |
| Thy word in every wandering voice. | |
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