Comfort in the Night

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <h4 id="id01174" style="margin-top: 2em">COMFORT IN THE NIGHT.</h4> <p id="id01175">She thought by heaven's high wall that she did stray<br/> Till she beheld the everlasting gate:<br/> And she climbed up to it to long, and wait,<br/> Feel with her hands (for it was night), and lay<br/> Her lips to it with kisses; thus to pray<br/> That it might open to her desolate.<br/> And lo! it trembled, lo! her passionate<br/> Crying prevailed. A little little way<br/> It opened: there fell out a thread of light,<br/> And she saw wingèd wonders move within;<br/> Also she heard sweet talking as they meant<br/> To comfort her. They said, "Who comes to-night<br/> Shall one day certainly an entrance win;"<br/> Then the gate closed and she awoke content.<br/></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />