Take On A Thousand Forms

Take on a thousand forms
hide as you will

Oh most beloved
At once I know it is you
Conceal yourself in magic veils
and still presence in all
at once I know it is you
The cypress thrusting artless
up and young
Beauty in every limb
I know it is you
You in the fountain plume's unfolding tip
All playful one
What joy to know it is you
When cloud assumes a shape and changes it
One manifold in all
I know it is you
When flowers veil the meadow ground
Oh starry twinkle hued
in beauty you
When on a mountain sparks of dawn appear
At once great gladdener
I welcome you
Then with the sky above rotund and clear
Then opener of the heart do I breathe you
What with bodily sense and soul I know
Teacher of all
I know alone through you
One hundred names of God I bestow
With each will echo then a name for you