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By Robert Hugh Benson

What hast thou learnt to-day?

Hast thou sounded awful mysteries,

Hast pierced the veiléd skies,

Climbed to the feet of God,

Trodden where saints have trod,

Fathomed the heights above?

Nay,

This only have I learnt, that God is love.

What hast thou heard to-day?

Hast heard the Angel-trumpets cry,

And rippling harps reply;

Heard from the Throne of flame

Whence God incarnate came

Some thund’rous message roll?

Nay,

This have I heard, His voice within my soul.

What hast thou felt to-day?

The pinions of the Angel-guide

That standeth at thy side

In rapturous ardours beat,

Glowing, from head to feet,

In ecstasy divine?

Nay,

This only have I felt, Christ’s hand in mine.