WITHOUT AND WITHIN

"If I ascend to heaven, thou art there;
There too, thou, if I make my bed in hell;
And if I take the wings of morning, there
Within the sea's most utmost parts to dwell,
Thy hand shall lead and hold me, even there."
Of old, thy singer thus; and in my heart
I hid myself from thee, long years apart.

"Raise but the stone, and thou shalt find me
there;
Or cleave the wood, and there am I. I say
Wherever there is one alone, yea, there
Am I in him." These thy new words, to-day
I heard, still darkly hid, and looked, and
there
Where I so long had thought thou hadst my
part,
I found thee hiding with me in my heart.