Easter Hope 43 



it was an additional revelation to that of 

 the primeval poet of Genesis, because to him 

 it was not a thing outside of God on which 

 God acted, but a direct emanation of God. Life 

 that never begins, life that never ceases, is Em 

 erson s word. &quot; The eternal Pan &quot; is but an 

 other name of him who &quot;layeth the world s 

 incessant plan &quot;: 



Halteth never in one shape 



But forever doth escape 



Like wave or flame, into new forms 



Of gem and air, of plants and worms. 



This vault which glows immense with light 



Is the inn where he lodges for a night. 



What recks such traveler if the bowers 



Which bloom and fade like meadow flowers 



A bunch of fragrant lilies be 



Or the stars of eternity ? 



Alike to him the better, the worse 



The glowing angel, the outcast corse ; 



Thou metest him by centuries, 



And lo ! he passes like the breeze ; 



Thou seek st in globe and galaxy, 



He hides in pure transparency. 



And let us cite one more of this seer s command 

 ing divinations which fills the Easter of the 

 spirit : 



