Elder father, though thine eyes
Shine with hoary mysteries,
Canst thou tell what in the heart
Of a cowslip blossom lies?
Smaller than all lives that be,
Secret as the deepest sea,
Stands a little house of seeds,
Like an elfins granary.
Speller of the stones and weeds,
Skilled in Natures crafts and creeds,
Tell me what is in the heart
Of the smallest of the seeds.
God Almighty, and with Him
Cherubim and Seraphim,
Filling all eternity
Adonai Elohim.
The Holy of Holies
written byGilbert Keith Chesterton
© Gilbert Keith Chesterton