The Emblem

That Name engraved in love,

Secret, withheld, detained,

Is now my emblem, see

The warm heart of the dove,

In lunar silence move

And see the parting air

Grow cool, and sharp, and high,

Unsupportable mystery!

The withdrawn eyes are free

To gaze on ecstasy

That asks no joy but this,

That has no glance, nor kiss j

But learns a rich content

From dire impoverishment,

Now, learnéd heart confess

How free is your duress,

The mind's avid prayer

Grows flesh, and mounts the stair

Such magic has the Name

And in an extreme of passion,

I make a world, I fashion

A charm against the world

That none may penetrate

And thus defying fate,

Transcending agony

Impatiently I wait.