THE LAST COMMUNION

There is a time wherein eternity

Takes rest upon the world: King Charity

Bow'd to our fallen state: the God of Grace

Made visible upon a human face:--

When the deep harmony, the eternal Word,

The unfallen Wisdom (only love has heard!)

Touches the troubled body, bruised and hard

With the long fight, yet now set heavenward:--

When the deep argument of souls must cease,

Dying--to meet the victory of peace!

Oxford poetry, 1917 · 第 57 / 59 题