I Called in Vain

I called in vain unto the night,To shew me heaven and heaven's God;I asked the sea who ruled her mightAs with a rod.I asked of all the winds the same,If they too served this unknown God,And from his footstool went and came,Swayed by his nod.

I sought an answer from a star,But it hung in the voiceless void,And on my quest I wandered farUnsatisfied.Until I whispered to the ground,"O, Mother Earth, canst thou not proveThat such exist?" and then I foundMy heaven, your arms; my God, your love!