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IRISH SONGS AND LYRICS 357 |
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The Holy Ghost, like cloven flame,
The substance of his soul became;
Of Light which lighteth God was made
Man's conscience, so that unafraid
His soul through haunts of night and sin
May pass and keep all clean within.
" Now, if the earthiness redound, He lags through life a slothful hound. But, if it be the sea that sways, In wild unrest he wastes his days. Whene'er the sun is sovran, there The heart is light, the face is fair. If clouds prevail, he lives in dreams A deedless life of gloom and gleams.
" If stone bear rule, he masters men, And ruthless is their ransom then. But when the wind has won command, His word is harder than his hand. The Holy Ghost, if he prevail, Man lives exempt from lasting bale, And, gazing with the eyes of God, Of all he sees at home, abroad, Discerns the inmost heart, and then Reveals* it to his fellow men, And they are truer, gentler, more Heroic than they were before.
"But he on whom the Light Divine Is lavished bears the sacred sign, And men draw nigh in field or mart To hear the wisdom of his heart. |
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