| Nicholson & Lee, eds. The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse. 1917. |
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| 350. Apparition |
| By Eugene Mason (b. 1862) |
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| HOW shall I find Him, who can be my guide? | |
| Wears He a human form, a tear-marred face, | |
| By blood-red raiment may He be descried, | |
| Or broods He far withdrawn through stellar space? | |
| Perchance, informing all, His coils entwine | 5 |
| And bind the monstrous fabric cell to cell, | |
| Or, veiled in service, ’neath this Bread and Wine | |
| A homely God, He deigns with men to dwell. | |
| Lo! just beyond the skyline He may stand, | |
| Speak just without the waftage of mine ear, | 10 |
| I all but touch Him with my outstretched hand, | |
| Clear to my senses He may straight appear. | |
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| I hush my drumming heart, I stay my breath | |
| To catch His step, to hearken what He saith. | |
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