5 quotes
I said to Dawn: Be sudden—to Eve: Be soon.
The Hound of Heaven (1893)
All which I took from thee I did but take,
Not for thy harms,
But just that thou might’st seek it in My arms.
The Hound of Heaven (1893)
I fled Him, down the nights and down the days;
I fled Him, down the arches of the years;
I fled Him, down the labyrinthine ways
Of my own mind; and in the mist of tears
I hid from Him, and under running laughter.
The Hound of Heaven (1893)
But with unhurrying chase,
And unperturbéd pace,
Deliberate speed, majestic instancy,
They beat—and a Voice beat
More instant than the Feet—
"All things betray thee, who betrayest Me."
The Hound of Heaven (1893)
Across the margent of the world I fled,
And troubled the gold gateways of the stars,
Smiting for shelter on their clangèd bars:
Fretted to dulcet jars
And silvern chatter the pale ports o’ the moon.
The Hound of Heaven (1893)