After Christmas?

After Christmas?

When first thy sweet and gracious eye Vouchsafed even in the midst of youth and night To look upon me, who before did lie Weltering in sin;   I felt a surged strange delight, Passing all cordials made by any art, Bedew, embalm, and overrun my heart, And take it...
A flash of rare delight

A flash of rare delight

Though I believe the resurrection truth, that good triumphant in the  end is known. Yet all of life seems twisted so by grief that  joy and sorrow have together grown. So to  endure is all that I can give. Enjoyment is a flash of rare delight. While only Christ...
Live as I will

Live as I will

Lord, let me live as I will. I need a little wild freedom, A little giddiness of heart, the strange taste of unknown flowers… I love to bound to the heart of all thy marvels, Leaping your chasms and My mouth stuffed with intoxicating grasses; Quiver with an...