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ICONOCLASTS by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE

First Line: THERE ARE THOSE WHO WOULD SILENCE THE THRUSH
Last Line: COMES THE LUMINOUS FACE OF CHRIST!
Subject(s): DEATH - CHILDREN; RELIGION; SPIRITUALITY; DEATH - BABIES; THEOLOGY;
I

THERE are those who would silence the Thrush,
And stifle his woodnotes wild;
But never for them the Evening's hush
Or the heart of a little child!

II

There are those who would ravish a flower,
The heart of a maid despoil;
But the Spirit that lives from hour to hour
Shall it ever their souls assoil?

III

There are those who would strangle Belief,
Profaning the mystic tryst;
But over the swirling waters of grief
Comes the luminous face of Christ!



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