Thou too revealest it to me, beginning The loud Evangel, that proclaims the secret 1909 Of heaven to earth above all other edict.” And I heard say: “By human intellect 1910 And by authority concordant with it, Of all thy loves reserve for God the highest. But say again if other cords thou feelest, Draw thee towards Him, that thou mayst proclaim With how many teeth this love is biting thee.” The holy purpose of the Eagle of Christ 1911 Not latent was, nay, rather I perceived Whither he fain would my profession lead. Therefore I recommenced: “All of those bites Which have the power to turn the heart to God Unto my charity have been concurrent. The being of the world, and my own being, The death which He endured that I may live, And that which all the faithful hope, as I do, With the forementioned vivid consciousness Have drawn me from the sea of love perverse, And of the right have placed me on the shore.