Lord of

Lord of
life flower white
The white flower of a blameless life.
hope men
The mighty hopes that make us men.
hope spring fall
Behold, we know not anything; I can but trust that good shall fall At last-far off-at last, to all, And every winter change to spring.
freedom red dawn
Red of the Dawn Is it turning a fainter red? so be it, but when shall we lay The ghost of the Brute that is walking and hammering us yet and be free?
freedom feet light
Of old sat Freedom on the heights The thunders breaking at her feet: Above her shook the starry lights; She heard the torrents meet.
forgiveness men forgiving
The sin That neither God nor man can well forgive.
faith heart simple
Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.
moving forever experience
All experience is an arch wherethro' gleams that untraveled world whose margins fade forever and forever as we move.
christmas moon night
The time draws near the birth of Christ; The moon is hid; the night is still; The Christmas bells from hill to hill Answer each other in the mist.
science grows
Science grows and Beauty dwindles.
time past men
I am any man's suitor, If any will be my tutor: Some say this life is pleasant, Some think it speedeth fast, In time there is no present, In eternity no future, In eternity no past. We laugh, we cry, we are born, we die. Who will riddle me the how and the why?
life fall love-is
God gives us love. Something to love He lends us; but when love is grown To ripeness, that on which it throve Falls off, and love is left alone.
life beloved
For love reflects the thing beloved.
life hurt regret
Love is hurt with jar and fret; Love is made a vague regret.