 | 'Twixt Kiss and Lip or Under the Sword. By the author of "Women Must Weep," [i.e. F. W. O. Ward] Third edition |  |
THE MARRIAGE OF LIFE AND DEATH.
The world is big with parables and signs,
And he who reads with reverence in its book,
Will be rewarded by the light that shines.
On every pure and penitential look;
And he who reads with reverence in its book,
Will be rewarded by the light that shines.
On every pure and penitential look;
For though the reign of wonder earth forsook,
It still in secret humble hearts inclines,
Who mark the mysteries writ between the lines,
With old enchantments of which heaven partook.
It still in secret humble hearts inclines,
Who mark the mysteries writ between the lines,
With old enchantments of which heaven partook.
But was there ever miracle so sweet,
As that renunciation daily makes,
Which all the springs and spells of wonder wakes?
As that renunciation daily makes,
Which all the springs and spells of wonder wakes?
When he who lays his all at Calvary's feet,
A nobler dower and new existence takes,
When life and death in solemn wedlock meet.
A nobler dower and new existence takes,
When life and death in solemn wedlock meet.
| 'Twixt Kiss and Lip or Under the Sword. By the author of "Women Must Weep," [i.e. F. W. O. Ward] Third edition | |