Destiny

Portrait of George William Russell
George William Russell 1867–1935
163Collected Poems by A.E.

LIKE winds or waters were her ways: The flowing tides, the airy streams, Are troubled not by any dreams; They know the circle of their days.

Like winds or waters were her ways: They heed not immemorial cries; They move to their high destinies Beyond the little voice that prays.

She passed into her secret goal, And left behind a soul that trod In darkness, knowing not of God, But craving for its sister soul.

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