King And Brother

Behold Him, ascended unto His kingship!
Behold Him exalted unto the skies!
Speak, what seest thou?
Make thy words declare Him as He is!
Beholdest thou His throne bejewelled
Unto the blinding of thine eyes?
Beholdest thou His raiment,
And of the stuff such as kings beclothe them?
Beholdest thou His shoon of gold?
Beholdest thou His kingly bearing?
Nay! For He who is exalted, walketh
Within the high place clothed of coarse stuffs,
Yea, neither hath His scepter
Taken the place of His staff.
Behold, His throne is a green hill,
And His authority-counsel.
With naked feet He hath proceeded-
And proceeds! Behold Him, withdrawn not,
But calling from the heights,
And before Him, His flocks, listening.
While the winds of destruction wail,
Harken ye unto His cadence.
Is He come into His kingship?
Nay, but into His brotherhood!