It’s nice to let these hours pass

With their own slow and lingering gait;

And it’s pleasing to my earthly senses

Just to watch and wait:

To watch the ongoing arts and crafts

And the handiworks with which

Nature dresses or undresses

On its massive endless pitch;

To watch the motions or the stillness

Which fill the vacuum space

Of passing time with charms and magic

Through every moving phase;

To watch the sunrays spray their colours

On the canvas of the earth,

And help me create in my soul

An amazing wonder-art.

AND then to wait, -- and wait I must,--

To absorb and feel in me

The rhythms of the universe

And the vibes of infinity;

To wait for all that I have been

Longing all along

To open all my senses to

Hear life’s resonant song;

To wait for just that single moment

Which fills the entire human mind

Where divinity quietly steps inside

And the universe slowly trails behind.