May 3, 1912 - July 16, 1995

Now Voyager by May Sarton

Now voyager, lay here your dazzled head.

Come back to earth from air, be nourished,

Not with that light on light, but with this bread.

Here close to earth be cherished, mortal heart,

Hold your way deep as roots push rocks apart

To bring the spurt of green up from the dark.

Where music thundered let the mind be still,

Where the will triumphed let there be no will,

What light revealed, now let the dark fulfill.

Here close to earth the deeper pulse is stirred,

Here where no wings rush and no sudden bird,

But only heart-beat upon beat is heard.

Here let the fiery burden be all spilled,

The passionate voice at last be calmed and stilled

And the long yearning of the blood fulfilled.

Now voyager, come home, come home to rest,

Here on the long-lost country of earth's breast

Lay down the fiery vision, and be blest, be blest.