HE WHO KNOWS LOVE

by: Elsa Barker (1869-1954)

      E who knows Love--becomes Love, and his eyes
      Behold Love in the heart of everyone,
      Even the loveless: as the light of the sun
      Is one with all it touches. He is wise
      With undivided wisdom, for he lies
      In Wisdom’s arms. His wanderings are done,
      For he has found the Source whence all things run--
      The guerdon of the quest, that satisfies.
       
      He who knows Love becomes Love, and he knows
      All beings are himself, twin-born of Love.
      Melted in Love’s own fire, his spirit flows
      Into all earthly forms, below, above;
      He is the breath and glamour of the rose,
      He is the benediction of the dove.

"He who knows Love" is reprinted from The Oxford book of English mystical verse. Ed. D.H.S. Nicholson. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1917.

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