QUOTE : <i>After a Retreat</i><br /><br />What hast thou learnt today?<br />Hast thou sounded awful mysteries,<br />Hast pierced the veiled skies,<br />Climbed to the feet of God,<br />Trodden where saints have trod, <br />Fathomed the heights above?<br /><i>Nay,<br />This only have I learnt, that God is love. </i><br /><br />What hast thou heard today?<br />Hast heard the Angel-trumpets cry,<br />And rippling harps reply;<br />Heard from the Throne of flame<br />Whence God incarnate came<br />Some thund'rous message roll?<br /><i>Nay, <br />This have I heard, His voice within my soul. </i><br /><br />What hast thou felt today?<br />The pinions of the Angel guide<br />That standeth at thy side<br />In rapturous ardours beat<br />Glowing, from head to feet,<br />In ecstasy divine?<br /><i>Nay, <br />This only have felt, Christ's hand in mine.</i>