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SISTER SAINT LUKE by JOHN MILTON HAY

First Line: SHE LIVED SHUT IN BY FLOWERS AND TREES
Last Line: THE PEACE OF GOD THAT FILLED HER EYES.
Subject(s): NUNS;
SHE lived shut in by flowers and trees
And shade of gentle bigotries.
On this side lay the trackless sea,
On that the great world's mystery;
But all unseen and all unguessed
They could not break upon her rest.
The world's far splendors gleamed and flashed,
Afar the wild seas foamed and dashed;
But in her small, dull Paradise,
Safe housed from rapture or surprise,
Nor day nor night had power to fright
The peace of God that filled her eyes.



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