On Seeing The Diabutsu--At Kamakura, Japan

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Title:     On Seeing The Diabutsu--At Kamakura, Japan
Author: Ella Wheeler Wilcox [More Titles by Wilcox]

Long have I searched, cathedral shrine, and hall,
To find a symbol, from the hand of art,
That gave the full expression (not a part)
Of that ecstatic peace which follows all
Life's pain and passion. Strange it should befall
This outer emblem of the inner heart
Was waiting far beyond the great world's mart -
Immortal answer, to the mortal call.

Unknown the artist, vaguely known his creed:
But the bronze wonder of his work sufficed
To lift me to the heights his faith had trod.
For one rich moment, opulent indeed,
I walked with Krishna, Buddha, and the Christ,
And felt the full serenity of God.

[The end]
Ella Wheeler Wilcox's poem: On Seeing The Diabutsu--At Kamakura, Japan

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