The Altar Illumined (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The altar illumined by the lights of the saints those whose names we raised there in our midst All of ...
The altar illumined by the lights of the saints those whose names we raised there in our midst All of ...
The shape of the ferns rounded, lobed edges paper-bag-brown damp in their drying frost turning to vapor rising in the ...
Hope in that morning the new day begun an age with no end Coming again the bright morning star shining, ...
The rose shears moving quickly I gathered the sprigs of lilacs from all over the yard Moving quickly to gather ...
The lilacs illumined in the morning sun hard to describe the color so soft, finely spun Blue, not purple like ...
The flowers of the morning rose hyacinth, tulips, daffodils, narcissus, in the garden sudden illumined washed, from a distance alive ...
The blond hair shimmering in the morning sunlight the sun hidden, not visible behind the house across the street Only ...
Parallels in the stories the king and the leaders two ends of Christ's life each corrupted by their power And ...
In secret, and in darkness the storm cloud more than gathering Christ before the Sanhedrin scheming to put him to ...
Around the cross of Christ glowing, illumined in candlelight tired from our work but joy in our hearts Speaking in ...
In fasting, in praying in the mark of the ashes preparing for Easter in penitent submission No longer the babe ...
The glow of Christ shining in every believer just as he shown on the mountaintop illumined by the love, the ...
Glowing with a light in the presence of God like Moses in days of old shining with the grace of ...
In secret, in darkness the king, the powerful, plotted seeking to hide, to extinguish to blot out the light Gathering, ...
the strings of stars white lights shining resting on the branches, the needles illuminating the crosses, the lights on the ...
Running for coffee out to the car, still night The sound of the wind in the maples, losing their leaves ...
Before he was born, before the Messiah illumined in the womb, filled by the Holy Spirit a prophet born Proclaim ...
That we would be such, gathered in, in the garner forever our chaff cast off, into the fire our true ...
That we would be such, gathered in, in the garner forever out chaff cast off, into the fire our true ...
Sunlight, warming my cheek streaming in, from behind us all fall light, streaming through the stained glass radiated, reflected light, ...
Glory of architect, glory of painter, and sculptor, and bard, Living forever in temple and picture and statue and song, ...
TO the assembled folk At great St. Kavin's spoke Young Brother Amiel on Christmas Eve; I give you joy, my ...
All look and likeness caught from earth All accident of kin and birth, Had pass'd away. There was no trace ...
Guns! far and near Quick, sudden, angry, They startle the still street, Upturned faces appear, Doors open on darkness, There ...
Blessed be Thou for all the joy My soul has felt today! O let its memory stay with me And ...
I've quenched my lamp, I struck it in that start Which every limb convulsed, I heard it fall The crash ...
"Had we never loved so kindly, Had we never loved so blindly, Never met or never parted, We had ne'er ...
"Had we never loved so kindly, Had we never loved so blindly, Never met or never parted, We had ne'er ...
LARA. CANTO THE FIRST. I. The Serfs are glad through Lara's wide domain, And slavery half forgets her ...
MOTHER of memories, mistress of mistresses, O thou, my pleasure, thou, all my desire, Thou shalt recall the beauty of ...
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