THOU shalt have grace where glory is forgot; The love all luminous in the world's last night; Thy children's arms shall be thy necklace bright, And all love's roses clamber to thy cot. And if a storm one steadfast star should blot From thy pure heaven, God's angels shall relight The lamps for thee, and make the darkness white; The lilies of His love shall be thy lot! He shall give all His angels charge of thee; Thy coming and thy going shall be known. Their steps shall shine before thee radiantly, Lest thou shouldst dash thy foot against a stone. The cross still stands. Who shall that love condemn Whose mother-lips kissed Christ at Bethlehem? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BOY'S SUMMER SONG by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR SWEET MEETING OF DESIRES by COVENTRY KERSEY DIGHTON PATMORE ON THE SITE OF A MULBERRY-TREE PLANTED BY SHAKESPEARE ... by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI THE LORD OF BURLEIGH by ALFRED TENNYSON ARMY CORRESPONDENT'S LAST RIDE; FIVE FORKS, APRIL 1, 1865 by GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 2. THE FLOWER ASLEEP by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |