THE FALCON.
I.
High didst thou once in honour stand,The falcon on a Prince’s hand:II.Thine eye, unhooded and unsealed,All depths of being pierced and scanned:III.All worlds of space, from end to end,Thy never-wearied pinion spanned.IV.O falcon of the spiritual heaven—Entangled in an earthly band,V.While all too eagerly thy preyPursuing in a lower land—VI.In hope abide;—thy Monarch yetFor thy release shall give command,VII.And bid thee to resume againThy place upon thy Monarch’s hand.
High didst thou once in honour stand,The falcon on a Prince’s hand:II.Thine eye, unhooded and unsealed,All depths of being pierced and scanned:III.All worlds of space, from end to end,Thy never-wearied pinion spanned.IV.O falcon of the spiritual heaven—Entangled in an earthly band,V.While all too eagerly thy preyPursuing in a lower land—VI.In hope abide;—thy Monarch yetFor thy release shall give command,VII.And bid thee to resume againThy place upon thy Monarch’s hand.
High didst thou once in honour stand,The falcon on a Prince’s hand:
High didst thou once in honour stand,
The falcon on a Prince’s hand:
II.
Thine eye, unhooded and unsealed,All depths of being pierced and scanned:
Thine eye, unhooded and unsealed,
All depths of being pierced and scanned:
III.
All worlds of space, from end to end,Thy never-wearied pinion spanned.
All worlds of space, from end to end,
Thy never-wearied pinion spanned.
IV.
O falcon of the spiritual heaven—Entangled in an earthly band,
O falcon of the spiritual heaven—
Entangled in an earthly band,
V.
While all too eagerly thy preyPursuing in a lower land—
While all too eagerly thy prey
Pursuing in a lower land—
VI.
In hope abide;—thy Monarch yetFor thy release shall give command,
In hope abide;—thy Monarch yet
For thy release shall give command,
VII.
And bid thee to resume againThy place upon thy Monarch’s hand.
And bid thee to resume again
Thy place upon thy Monarch’s hand.