One time I thought to find the peace of God
In lonely ways by feet of men untrod,
Roaming the mountain heights, or silently
By murmuring moonlit streams or storm-swept sea
Thus solitary might my eager feet
Be led to where in accents slow and sweet
Truth would its nature even to me unfold,
That secret of the ages, still untold.
So wandered I and prayed reality
Its infinite meaning to reveal to me.
God took me gently, soothed my wounded heart,
He led me to the city's thronging mart.
Even the least of these, He said, is Mine,
And all that I have that too must be thine;
Only in loving all canst thou find Me,
The all-inclusive Love, infinity.
Peace now I find midst traffic's roar and din,
The peace of Love that grows and glows within.
