Life and Existence

The gods themselves cannot recall their gifts.

 

The gods themselves cannot recall their gifts.

 

The woods decay, the woods decay and fall,

 

Home they brought her warrior dead.

 

Dear as remembered kisses after death.

 

Dear as remembered kisses after death.

 

After it, follow it,

 

Death is the end of life; ah, why

 

Death is the end of life; ah, why

 

Forward, forward let us range,

 

Forward, forward let us range,

 

She left the web, she left the loom,

 

Out flew the web and floated wide;

 

There hath he lain for ages and will lie

 

One God, one law, one element,

 

God’s finger touched him, and he slept.

 

There lives more faith in honest doubt,

 

So many worlds, so much to do,

 

So many worlds, so much to do,

 

That men may rise on stepping-stones

 

That men may rise on stepping-stones

 

More things are wrought by prayer

 

The old order changeth, yielding place to new,

 

The old order changeth, yielding place to new,