We have come by curious ways  
  To the Light that holds the days;  
  We have sought in haunts of fear  
  For that all-enfolding sphere:  
  And lo! it was not far, but near. We have found, O foolish-fond,  
  The shore that has no shore beyond. Deep in every heart it lies  
  With its untranscended skies;  
  For what heaven should bend above  
  Hearts that own the heaven of love?
Epilogue. - The Flower of Old Japan and Other Poems (1907)























