27. GOD'S ETERNAL CHOICE⁸⁷⁷

Earth-grief
   burnt his
      body’s frame.

Earth-jealousy
   burnt his
      life-fame.

Earth-ignorance
   burnt his
      God-Vision.

Yet his soul
   loves earth,
      treasures earth,
For earth is
   God’s eternal Choice,
      His ultimate Voice.

877. It seems likely first edition text had mistype with ‘art’ for ‘earth’ on line 11,12,13. Original text was: | Yet his soul loves art, treasures art, | For art is God’s eternal Choice, His ultimate Voice.↩