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Nicholson & Lee, eds. The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse. 1917.

Elsa Barker (1869–1954)

370. He who knows Love

HE who knows Love—becomes Love, and his eyes

Behold Love in the heart of everyone,

Even the loveless: as the light of the sun

Is one with all it touches. He is wise

With undivided wisdom, for he lies

In Wisdom’s arms. His wanderings are done,

For he has found the Source whence all things run—

The guerdon of the quest, that satisfies.

He who knows Love becomes Love, and he knows

All beings are himself, twin-born of Love.

Melted in Love’s own fire, his spirit flows

Into all earthly forms, below, above;

He is the breath and glamour of the rose,

He is the benediction of the dove.