Reflections + 

I walked along the countryside + 

At eventide, + 

And everywhere + 

The road was fair + 

With moons of water here and there, + 

Into whose heart the grasses spied. + 

And suddenly upon them shone + 

The light of the City’s eye, + 

Reflected from a bulb on high, + 

Which made them and their shadow one. + 

Nay, made each moon + 

A mirror seem + 

To serve the dream + 

Of tender blades in bending grace a-swoon. + 

I walked into the night, + 

And every abode + 

Beyond the dark, deserted road + 

Was a prattle of light. + 

And I thought of the Eye Unseen + 

Which sheds its charitable sheen, + 

Not on our goal, + 

But on the by-ways of the Soul. + 