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Stranger
When no one listens To the quiet trees When no one notices The sun in the pool.
Where no one feels The first drop of rain Or sees the last star
Or hails the first morning Of a giant world Where peace begins And rages end:
One bird sits still Watching the work of God: One turning leaf, Two falling blossoms, Ten circles upon the pond.
One cloud upon the hillside, Two shadows in the valley And the light strikes home. Now dawn commands the capture Of the tallest fortune, The surrender Of no less marvelous prize!
Closer and clearer Than any wordy master, Thou inward Stranger Whom I have never seen,
Deeper and cleaner Than the clamorous ocean, Seize up my silence Hold me in Thy Hand!
Now act is waste And suffering undone Laws become prodigals Limits are torn down For envy has no property And passion is none.
Look, the vast Light stands still Our cleanest Light is One!
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