| Nicholson & Lee, eds. The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse. 1917. |
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| 136. Approaches |
| By George Mac Donald (1824–1905) |
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| WHEN thou turn’st away from ill, | |
| Christ is this side of thy hill. | |
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| When thou turnest toward good, | |
| Christ is walking in thy wood. | |
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| When thy heart says, ‘Father, pardon!’ | 5 |
| Then the Lord is in thy garden. | |
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| When stern Duty wakes to watch, | |
| Then His hand is on the latch. | |
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| But when Hope thy song doth rouse, | |
| Then the Lord is in the house. | 10 |
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| When to love is all thy wit, | |
| Christ doth at thy table sit. | |
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| When God’s will is thy heart’s pole, | |
| Then is Christ thy very soul. | |
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