WATCH-FIRES
Reading edition
I care not if the touch of Time Destroys the outer garment of my heart, For deep within, steadfast, a living fire, Love burns, and guards your shrine apart. I care not if Death’s borders hold A splendid peace, deep as an unshoaled sea, I count peace only in the quiet joy That comes, when you are glad with me. I care not if the ruthless years Shadow my soul, in passing on their flight, If, through the devastating dark, I know Your love, a tidal-wave of light.