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DEO GRATIAS by MARY FRANCES MARTIN

First Line: THANKS BE TO GOD FOR GOLDEN AFTERGLORY
Last Line: THANKS BE TO GOD FOR LIFE'S BRIGHT AFTERGLOW.
Subject(s): GOD; GRATITUDE; NATURE - RELIGIOUS ASPECTS;
I

Thanks be to God for golden afterglory
The rich effulgent flood at set of sun;
For the hour of hushed intensive beauty
Enveloping the world when day is done.
Up the wide arc of sky the colors tremble,
Roseate and primrose, bossed with amethyst,
Sea-water green, and over all a splendor,
A diaphane of lucent golden mist.

II

Thanks be to God for golden afterglory
When the web of life is almost spun,
For peace serene, when just beyond the sunset
The last goal waits the race so nearly run.
When the long day of life is near its sunset,
When eyes are dim, and steps are faltering—slow
When old hearts wait courageously the morrow,
Thanks be to God for life's bright afterglow.



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