I ride on the mountain tops, I ride; From steep to steep: Over my head through the branches high The tall oats brush my horse's flanks; The Joy of the Hills I ride on the hills, I forgive, I forget I am lifted elate the skies expand: Here the world's heaped gold is a pile of sand. Let them weary and work in their narrow walls: I ride with the voices of waterfalls! I swing on as one in a dream—I swing My body's a bough in the wind, my heart a bird! The low-voiced girls that go In gardens of the Lord, Like flowers of the field they grow In sisterly accord. Their whispering feet are white Along the leafy ways; They go in whirls of light Too beautiful for praise. And in their band forsooth The one that touched my youth- The Invisible Bride She kindles the desire Whereby the gods survive The white ideal fire That keeps my soul alive. Now at the wondrous hour She leaves her star supreme, And comes in the night's still To touch me with a dream. Sibyl of mystery On roads beyond our ken, power |