| Nicholson & Lee, eds. The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse. 1917. |
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| 305. ‘Found of them that sought Him not’ |
| By John Charles Earle |
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| I WILL arise and to my Father go; | |
| This very hour the journey is begun. | |
| I start to reach the blissful goal, and, lo, | |
| My spirit at one bound her race has run. | |
| For seeking God and finding Him are one. | 5 |
| He feeds the rillets that towards Him flow. | |
| It is the Father Who first seeks the son, | |
| And moves all heavenward movement, swift or slow. | |
| I dare not pride myself on finding Him. | |
| I dare not dream a single step was mine. | 10 |
| His was the vigour in the palsied limb— | |
| His the electric fire along the line— | |
| When drowning, His the untaught power to swim | |
| Float o’er the surge, and grasp the rock divine. | |
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