The Prisoner of Love By F. W. Orde Ward (F. Harald Wiliams) |
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GOD IN NATURE |
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The Prisoner of Love | ||
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June 4 GOD IN NATURE
“The work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.”—
Eccles. iii. 11.
Is it nothing that the lands
Now are cradles in the Hands
Of a Being and a Majesty which thrill throughout the globe?
That the Godhead standeth near
As the earring to the ear
Of the humble myosotis, with a dewdrop on its lobe?
That the trodden stones and dirt
Are with wondrous graces girt,
For the heart which has the courage and the eye the faith to prove?
And that o'er and under each,
As the waters on the beach,
Break the lightnings and the riches of the Maker's mystic robe?
Now are cradles in the Hands
Of a Being and a Majesty which thrill throughout the globe?
That the Godhead standeth near
As the earring to the ear
Of the humble myosotis, with a dewdrop on its lobe?
That the trodden stones and dirt
Are with wondrous graces girt,
For the heart which has the courage and the eye the faith to prove?
And that o'er and under each,
As the waters on the beach,
Break the lightnings and the riches of the Maker's mystic robe?
I am well content to wait
In the bitter storm or strait
For the rending of the curtain and unclosing of the bars;
While my vision is but weak,
And the purple of the Peak
Is the sight that I behold above the battle and its scars;
For the Peak itself lies hid
And yet adverse fates forbid,
When I grope amid the shades and feel the shock that rudely jars;
But I know the coming Dawn
If beyond is not withdrawn,
And although our little day be night it is a night of stars.
In the bitter storm or strait
For the rending of the curtain and unclosing of the bars;
While my vision is but weak,
And the purple of the Peak
Is the sight that I behold above the battle and its scars;
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And yet adverse fates forbid,
When I grope amid the shades and feel the shock that rudely jars;
But I know the coming Dawn
If beyond is not withdrawn,
And although our little day be night it is a night of stars.
The Prisoner of Love | ||