"I know not from what distant time thou art ever coming nearer to meet me Thy sun and stars can never keep thee hidden from me for aye In many a morning and eve thy footsteps have been heard and thy messenger has come within my heart and called me in secret I know not why today my life is all astir and a feeling of tremulous joy is passing through my heart It is as if the time were come to wind up my work and I feel in the air a faint smell of thy sweet presence I had gone a-begging from door to door in the village path when thy golden chariot appeared in the distance like a gorgeous dream and I wondered who was this King of all kings! My hopes rose high and me thought my evil days were at an end and I stood waiting for alms to be given unasked and for wealth scattered on all sides in the dust"