Robert Laurence Binyon - Because Thou Art Nearest lyrics

Because thou art nearest To the mystery of the fire That is Earth's and the soul's And the body's desire, Whereof we were made As a song out of sound, Trembling together And together enwound, O frailer, more fading The hope and the lure That are not where thou art:-- They fade nor endure, But in thee is the secret, The star, and the fire, Ever nearer and dearer, My joy, my desire.