Ring in the Christ

Ring in the Christ

Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand. Ring out the darkness of the land, Ring in the Christ that is to be.   Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892), In Memoriam,
Lovely in eyes not His

Lovely in eyes not His

Each  mortal thing does one thing and the same: Deals out that being indoors each one dwells ; Selves – goes itself; myself it speaks and spells, Crying What I do is me: for that I came.   I say more: the just man justices; Keeps grace:   that keeps all his...
War

War

Waste of muscle, waste of brain, Waste of patience, waste of pain, Waste of manhood, waste of health, Waste of beauty, waste of wealth, Waste of blood, and waste of tears, Waste of youth’s most precious years, Waste of glory, waste of God,- War!   Geoffrey...

Gaza

She was beautifully, delicately made, So small, so unafraid, Till the bomb came. Bombs are the same, Beautifully, delicately made.   C.S. Lewis (1898-1963), Time and Tide, 6th June 1942.
Hiroshima, after the bomb

Hiroshima, after the bomb

After the bomb had fallen, After the last sad cry When the earth was a burnt-out cinder Drifting across the sky;   Came Lucifer, son of the morning With his fallen angel band, Silent and swift as a vulture On a mountain top stand.   And he looked as he stood...