# LOVE'S WITNESS #

--WHY?--
Why did you come,with your enkindled eyes
And mountain-look,across my lower way,
And take the vague dishonour from my day
By luring me from paltry things,to rise
And stand beside you,waiting wistfully
The looming of a larger destiny?

Why did you with stong fingers fling aside
The gates of possibility,and say
With vital voice the words i dream to-day?
Before,i was much unsatisfied :
But since a god has touched me and departed,
I run through every temple,broken hearted.

--Mary Webb--