The kingdom of heaven is where?
Oh, where?
Would that the heart which with pity o'erflows,
While deigning love's burdens to share,
Could disclose!
The kingdom of heaven is what?
Oh, what?
Would that the Infinite Presence which flows
Through a life on the earth finely cut
Might disclose!
The kingdom of heaven is whence?
Oh, whence?
Ah! let the wind and the breath of the rose
Their secrets of life and of sense
Dare disclose!
Could we then see the better whence spirit arose?
Who knows? Oh, who knows?