The Christ Candle First (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Higher, first, the Christ candle first lit and placed on the altar burning, higher than the rest the saint, my ...
Higher, first, the Christ candle first lit and placed on the altar burning, higher than the rest the saint, my ...
a sea of candles, glowing brightly on the simple lace the linen on the altar shimmering gold, the shadows, the ...
He gently cupped his hand around the flickering flame shepherding the light into the chancel shielding the light, the warmth ...
flickering wicks cannot still the light they carried to Your altar guiding the trembling flames from their young hands to ...
I sat transfixed, enthralled, entranced in the grip the allure, the beauty the magic in the flickering flame slowly consuming ...
Across the room under sticky, greasy, fresh fingerprints, the static-held dust, a constellation of stars little white lights of the ...
Sitting still, quiet, alone, in the living room of my boyhood alone with my thoughts after the Christmas day watching ...
Staring at the screen the computer watch the flash of images, messages of nothingness flickering bits of news with no ...
Claremont to Durham, regular drive, autopilot Rtes 103, 114, 9, 89, 4 Exit 5, New England College down the road ...
We sat silent in centering prayer my diaphragm and chest rose and fell silently, in time with my heart your ...
Come, Phyllis, I've a cask of wine That fairly reeks with precious juices, And in your tresses you shall twine ...
There were three in the meadow by the brook Gathering up windrows, piling cocks of hay, With an eye always ...
Higher far, Upward, into the pure realm, Over sun or star, Over the flickering Dæmon film, Thou must mount for ...
I Midwinter spring is its own season Sempiternal though sodden towards sundown, Suspended in time, between pole and tropic. When ...
Long Pont's apparitional this warm spring morning, the strand a blur of sandy light, and the square white of the ...
The Day undressed -- Herself -- Her Garter -- was of Gold -- Her Petticoat -- of Purple plain -- ...
I could bring You Jewels -- had I a mind to -- But You have enough -- of those -- ...
The hunt begins at a languid pace belying hysteria building in place, biding its time to menace the peace in ...
It happened by Bretton Wood (although that wasn't it's real name) and I recall a clear, grey dawn and the ...
To the tune of "Rinsing Silk Stream" Let not the deep cup be filled with rich, amber-colored wine; My mind ...
To the tune of "Happy Event Is Nigh" The wind ceases; fallen flowers pile high. Outside my screen, petals collect ...
Velvet soft the night-star glowed Over the untrodden road, Through the giant glades of yew ...
Velvet soft the night-star glowed Over the untrodden road, Through the giant glades of yew ...
ONE winter night, at half-past nine, Cold, tired, and cross, and muddy, I had come home, too late to dine, ...
In most self-portraits it is the face that dominates: Cezanne is a pair of eyes swimming in brushstrokes, Van Gogh ...
The sluggish clouds hang low upon the town, And from yon lamp in chilled and sodden rays The feeble light ...
A prisoner in a dungeon deep Sat musing silently; His head was rested on his hand, His elbow on his ...
MY honor'd Colonel, deep I feel Your interest in the Poet's weal; Ah! now sma' heart hae I to speel ...
From narrow provinces of fish and bread and tea, home of the long tides where the bay leaves the sea ...
LEAVE me a little while alone, Here at his grave that still is strown With crumbling flower and wreath; The ...
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