The Star in the West

THE LOOKING -GLASS 47 Come to face the Babe and Lion , come to measure force with them ! Ah ! these locks flow down , a river , as the earth's before the Sun , As the earth's before the sunset , and the God and I are One. I who entered in a Fool , gain the God by clean endeavour ; I am shaped as men and women, fair for ever and for ever. Such is the living poetry that abides and ever lives on , knowing no youth or age, alone an eternal man hood . Lavishly scattered , we find it throughout the works before us ; in “ Aceldama ,” “ Mysteries : Lyrical and Dramatic ,” “ The Temple of the Holy Ghost, ” “ Tannhäuser , “ Rosa Mundi,” and “ Alice .” Ec stasy is the keynote here , as it is of all poetry , all literature , -aye ! of all Life . Without it we cease to be even animals — a dog will bay the moon - mere lumps of sodden clay ; with it a flaming crown of glory , angel - voiced , singing amidst the stars the anthem of Eternity , · Orpheus , vol . iii , pp . 209 , 210 .