God in Growth + 

I said, I will arise and work some thing, + 

Nor be content with growth, but cause to grow + 

A life around me, clear as yes from no, + 

That to my restless hand some rest may bring, + 

And give a vital power to Action’s spring: + 

Thus, I must cease to be! I cried; when, lo! + 

An angel stood beside me on the snow, + 

With folded wings that came of pondering. + 

“God’s glory flashes on the silence here + 

Beneath the moon,” he cried, and upward threw + 

His glorious eyes that swept the utmost blue, + 

“Ere yet his bounding brooks run forth with cheer + 

To bear his message to the hidden year + 

Who cometh up in haste to make his glory new.” + 