| Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. (1869–1948). The Second Book of Modern Verse. 1922. |
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| Exile from God |
| | | John Hall Wheelock |
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| I DO not fear to lay my body down | |
| In death, to share | |
| The life of the dark earth and lose my own, | |
| If God is there. | |
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| I have so loved all sense of Him, sweet might | 5 |
| Of color and sound,— | |
| His tangible loveliness and living light | |
| That robes me ’round. | |
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| If to His heart in the hushed grave and dim | |
| We sink more near, | 10 |
| It shall be well—living we rest in Him. | |
| Only I fear | |
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| Lest from my God in lonely death I lapse, | |
| And the dumb clod | |
| Lose him; for God is life, and death perhaps | 15 |
| Exile from God. | |
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