Ageing happily

Ageing happily

Who would have thought my shrivelled heart Could have recovered greenness? It was gone Quite underground; as flowers depart To see their mother-root, when they have blown; Where they together All the hard weather, Dead to the world, keep house unknown….   And now in...
No cross; no crown

No cross; no crown

No pain; no palm. No thorns; no throne. No gall; no glory. No cross; no crown.   William Penn (1644-1718).
Open to surprise

Open to surprise

Sometimes a light surprises The Christian while he sings; It is the Lord, who rises with healing in his wings; when comforts are declining, he grants the soul again a season of clear shining, to cheer it after rain.   William Cowper...
Unless I catch fire

Unless I catch fire

Unless the eye catch fire               The God will not be seen. Unless the ear catch fire               The God will not be heard. Unless the tongue catch fire               The God will not be named Unless the heart catch fire               The God will not be...
Pure beauty

Pure beauty

The memory of a glorious moment, My soul was stirred And once again you came, A passing vision, A glimmer of beauty pure. In fullness beats my heart, feeling once again The resurrection of divinity, And inspiration, and life, And tears, and love.   Alexander...