Sweet Presence
You are here. My soul drinks Of Your Presence. Here is sweetness pervading, Time with no measure, Eternity kissing the moment, Stillness, though fleeting. Your touch stirs the life of me. I want to dance, Charged with new vigor. I should simply gaze on You But the power of life Is hard to resist, And … Continue reading
Multiplication by Joyce Kilmer
I take my leave, with sorrow, of Him I love so well; I look my last upon His small and radiant prison-cell; O happy lamp! to serve Him with never ceasing light! O happy flame! to tremble forever in His sight! I leave the holy quiet for the loudly human train, And my heart that … Continue reading
Contemplation
Your grandeur overwhelms me. You lavish your splendor, Even on the ordinary, Like grass upon the meadow, And tears welling from the heart. Where can I look that You are not? Even the fallow field, Awaits another day, As virgin in repose, Seeing in needful desire, A time of promise and plenty. You are written … Continue reading
