Love I was shewn upon the mountain-side <br />And bid to catch Him ere the dropp of day. <br />See, Love, I creep and Thou on wings dost ride: <br />Love it is evening now and Thou away; <br />Love, it grows darker here and Thou art above; <br />Love, come down to me if Thy name be Love. <br /> <br />My national old Egyptian reed gave way; <br />I took of vine a cross-barred rod or rood. <br />Then next I hungered: Love when here, they say, <br />Or once or never took love's proper food; <br />But I must yield the chase, or rest and eat. - <br />Peace and food cheered me where four rough ways meet. <br /> <br />Hear yet my paradox: Love, when all is given, <br />To see Thee I must [see] Thee, to love, love; <br />I must o'ertake Thee at once and under heaven <br />If I shall overtake Thee at last above. <br />You have your wish; enter these walls, one said: <br />He is with you in the breaking of the bread.<br /><br />Gerard Manley Hopkins<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-half-way-house/
