The rhymed life of St Patrick Written by Katharine Tynan: With pictures by L. D. Symington: And a foreword by Lieut.-General Sir William Butler |
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THE ENVOY |
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THE ENVOY
St Evan, the Saint of Monasterevan—
The two good friends are met in heaven—
Praised Patrick thus: He was just;
Pure beyond our mortal dust;
A true pilgrim like Abraham;
Like David at song and psalm;
Truly wise like Solomon;
Full of grace like beloved John;
A chosen vessel of truth like Paul;
A flower-garden delighting all;
A fruitful vine-branch; a flashing fire;
A dove in love; a lion in ire;
Gentle, humble to sons of the Faith,
Dark, ungentle to sons of Death;
A serpent in cunning to do good;
Servant of man and the Holy Rood;
A king in dignity and power,
To bind and loose in the one hour,
To find guilty, to set free,
To kill and to give life, was he.
Though great his honours here, more great
On Judgement Day will be his estate.
So of St Patrick wrote St Evan—
The two good friends are met in heaven.
The two good friends are met in heaven—
Praised Patrick thus: He was just;
Pure beyond our mortal dust;
A true pilgrim like Abraham;
Like David at song and psalm;
Truly wise like Solomon;
Full of grace like beloved John;
A chosen vessel of truth like Paul;
A flower-garden delighting all;
A fruitful vine-branch; a flashing fire;
A dove in love; a lion in ire;
Gentle, humble to sons of the Faith,
Dark, ungentle to sons of Death;
A serpent in cunning to do good;
Servant of man and the Holy Rood;
A king in dignity and power,
To bind and loose in the one hour,
To find guilty, to set free,
To kill and to give life, was he.
Though great his honours here, more great
On Judgement Day will be his estate.
So of St Patrick wrote St Evan—
The two good friends are met in heaven.
Blessed St Patrick, sweet St Bride,
Bless this book and scatter it wide!
Bless this book and scatter it wide!
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