THE KING'S HIGHWAY
Doubtless today thy gallant feet are standing
By the thronged margin of the mystic sea,
Hearing the accents of the King's commanding
For such service as is fit for thee.
Lifted above the body's incompleteness,
In what was partial, perfected thou art;
For thy new life sets free the strength and sweetness
Of the swift wishes of thy eager heart.
Yea, in still ways beyond our deepest knowing,
But with that same dear spirit which we know,
Somewhere thy soul on God's wide work is going,
And that new world is made the sweeter so.
And when some morn God's fingers shall unfasten
For us the gate of Life's eternal day,
Lo, through the brightness, thy glad form shall hasten
To go beside us up the King's Highway.
---Arthur H. Moffatt
CASTERLINE CARDI, EDEN, N.Y. 5619
