FINDING.

 Out of great darkness and wide wastes of silence,

Long loneliness, and slow untasted years,

Came a slow filling of the empty places,

A slow, sweet lighting¹ of forgotten faces,

A smiling under tears.

A light of dawn that filled the brooding heaven,

A warmth that kindled² all the earth and air,

A thrilling tender music, floating, stealing,

A fragrance³ of unnumbered flowers revealing

A sweetness new and fair.

After the loss of love where I had sought him,

After the anguish⁴ of the empty shrine⁵,

Came a warm joy from all the hearts around me,

A feeling that some perfect strength had found me,

Touch of the hand divine.

I followed Love to his intensest centre,

And lost him utterly⁶ when fastened there;

I let him go and ceased my selfish seeking,

Turning my heart to all earth’s voices speaking,

And found him everywhere.

Love like the rain that falls on just and unjust,

Love like the sunshine, measureless and free,

From each to all, from all to each, to live in;

And, in the world’s glad love so gladly given,

Came heart’s true love to me!

1 lighting   

n.照明，光线的明暗，舞台灯光

参考例句：

• The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
• The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。

2 kindled   

（使某物）燃烧，着火( kindle的过去式和过去分词 )； 激起（感情等）； 发亮，放光

参考例句：

• We watched as the fire slowly kindled. 我们看着火慢慢地燃烧起来。
• The teacher's praise kindled a spark of hope inside her. 老师的赞扬激起了她内心的希望。

3 fragrance   

n.芬芳，香味，香气

参考例句：

• The apple blossoms filled the air with their fragrance.苹果花使空气充满香味。
• The fragrance of lavender filled the room.房间里充满了薰衣草的香味。

4 anguish   

n.(尤指心灵上的)极度痛苦，烦恼

参考例句：

• She cried out for anguish at parting.分手时，她由于痛苦而失声大哭。
• The unspeakable anguish wrung his heart.难言的痛苦折磨着他的心。

5 shrine   

n.圣地，神龛，庙；v.将...置于神龛内，把...奉为神圣

参考例句：

• The shrine was an object of pilgrimage.这处圣地是人们朝圣的目的地。
• They bowed down before the shrine.他们在神龛前鞠躬示敬。

6 utterly   

adv.完全地，绝对地

参考例句：

• Utterly devoted to the people,he gave his life in saving his patients.他忠于人民，把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
• I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled.她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。