Arts & Sciences

Inspiration

by George William Russell (A.E.) 1867–1935

From Collected Poems (1913)

Arts & Sciences

Lightest of dancers, with no thought
Thy glimmering feet beat on my heart,
Gayest of singers, with no care
Waking to beauty the still air,
More than the labours of our art,
More than our wisdom can impart,
Thine idle ecstasy hath taught.

Lost long in solemn ponderings,
With the blind shepherd mind for guide,
The uncreated joy in you
Hath lifted up my heart unto
The morning stars in their first pride,
And the; angelic joys that glide
High upon heaven-uplifted wings.

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