Ella Wheeler Wilcox,
Poems of Optimism — I am running forth to meet you
(1919)
“ And my heart runs to my hand and helps the labour, For I think this is the way that leads to you, Lord of all. I am running, yet I turn from toil and duty, Oftentimes to just the art of being glad; Yes, to just the joys that make the earth-world bright (While I run, while I run) . For the soul that worships God must worship beauty, And the heart that thinks of You can not be sad, Lord of light. ”
