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ANY WOMAN TO ANY MAN, by                    
First Line: Man, earthbound, goes to god an arduous way
Last Line: In all the things that wantonness betrays.


Man, earthbound, goes to God an arduous way,
Wresting his bounty from the very heart
Of life, while all its pulse beats through his clay
Firing his blood, making him throbbing part
Of earth and men; their hatreds, friendships gay,
Tears, laughter, love; love's joy and stinging smart.

One of a venturous, toiling brotherhood,
He lives by strength, by courage to retrieve;
By keen unrest that works him greatest good
When all his plans and hopes can die, yet leave
Him in more forward place than e'er he stood,
Because he hungers, avid to achieve.

Seeing, he knows that all his body's gain
Has been but symbol of reality;
Now, spirit-hunger, aspiration's pain,
Become his dearest actuality --
Seeking to loose his last corroding chain
To win him pledge of immortality.

He finds it in the only sentient thing
That man creates -- the child, the hallowed fruit
Of passion's high endeavor -- the angel-wing
That lifts his love to blend with God -- transmute
The symbol of His image, and so bring
His flower of love divine to earthsprung root.

So, dawn to moontime, love is Sacrament
And dedicates itself a thousand ways
By recreate loveliness, divinely spent;
Touching the disillusion of men's days
With radiance; causing transfigurement
In all the things that wantonness betrays.





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