| George William (“A. E.”) Russell (1867–1935). Collected Poems by A.E. 1913. |
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| 97. In As Much … |
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| WHEN for love it was fain of | |
| The wild heart was chidden, | |
| When the white limbs were clothed | |
| And the beauty was hidden; | |
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| For the scorn that was done to | 5 |
| The least of her graces, | |
| The Mother veiled over | |
| And hid from our faces | |
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| The high soul of nature, | |
| The deep and the wonder, | 10 |
| Her towers up in heaven, | |
| And the fairyland under. | |
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| The Mother then whispered, | |
| “The wrong done by thee | |
| To the least limb of beauty | 15 |
| Was done unto me.” | |
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