All Questions and All Answers
All Questions and All Answers
O darkness in whose bosom now I dwell,
I cherish thee as God the flame and light.
I have tasted heaven, seen the face of hell
And glimpsed the One in lonely fields of night.
I seek no longer transitory peace
Or breaking of the chains that hold me fast
Or even that this sorrow soon may cease
And Joy my soul’s companion find at last –
I only ask that gratitude may be
Settled in sleep, in waking fill my mind
What else might ask that thou did not foresee
What treasure lost that I shall never find?
All questions and all answers in thee lie
Wherein resides my spirit’s destiny.
