Vestigia
Bliss Carman
1861 to 1929
Track 1
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And all that there was still to probe—
Where the last fires of sunset burned.
And found Him not. But as I trod
A solitary hermit thrush
Just where one scarlet lily flamed,
In a stir of wind that hardly shook
God gives us Heaven here and now,
Then suddenly, all unaware,
By rocky ledge, through woods untamed,
And from that kindling ecstasy
I caught the glory of His robe
In making saving Beauty be….
Far off in the deep shadows, where
Sang through the holy twilight hush—
I looked and longed for any part
Back to the world with quickening start
And even as I marvelled how
His hand was light upon my brow.
At last with evening as I turned
I took a day to search for god,
I saw His footprint in the sod.
Homeward, and thought what I had learned
I knew God dwelt within my heart.
The poplar leaves beside the brook—
I heard His voice upon the air.
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