The just man justices

The just man justices

I say more: the just man justices; Keeps grace: that keeps his goings graces; acts in God’s eyes what in God’s eyes he is – Christ. For Christ plays in ten thousand places, lovely in limbs and lovely in eyes not his to the Father through the features of men’s faces....
A face that makes simplicity a grace

A face that makes simplicity a grace

Give me a look, give me a face That makes simplicity a grace; Robes loosely flowing, hair as free, Such sweet neglect more taketh me Than all the adulteries of art. They strike my eyes but not my heart.   Ben Johnson (1573-1637)....
The dross which men call gold

The dross which men call gold

Non nobis Domine!— Not unto us, O Lord! The Praise or Glory be Of any deed or word; For in Thy Judgment lies To crown or bring to nought All knowledge or device That Man has reached or wrought. And we confess our blame— How all too high we hold That noise which men...
Stand apart and together

Stand apart and together

Sing and dance together and be joyous But let each one of you be alone Even as the strings of a lute are alone Though they quiver with the same music.   Stand together yet not too near together, For the pillars of the temple stand apart And the oak tree and the...
No more solitary confinement

No more solitary confinement

We never left the place where we were born, Have only lived one day, but every day, Have walked a thousand miles yet only worn The grass between our work and home away, Lonely we were, though never left alone, The solitude familiar to the poor Is feeling that the...