Poems (Griffin)/The All-Seeing Eye

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THE ALL-SEEING EYE.
AS through a glass, but dimly,
 We are seen by mortal ken,
And exteriors, soft and seemly,
 Oft deceive the eyes of men;
The heart oft closes on the cares
 That in its deep cells lie,
That none may gaze upon its tears
 But the All-Seeing Eye.

In cheerful songs of mirth and glee,
 The playful voice is heard
In strains as glad and wild and free
 As songs of forest bird;
But the Eye that never slumbers,
 Ever watchful, sees the art
By which the gladsome numbers
 Steal so lightly from the heart.

The tripping feet dance lightly
 To the pealing sounds of joy,
And the laughing eye beams brightly,
 While gay wit the lips employ,
 ​Till earthly observations fail
 The heart's gloom to descry;
Yet angel fingers lift the veil
 To the All-Seeing Eye.

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