1911 · CLOSE READING
Hail Mary
Hail Mary (1911), PDF p. 84
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AMPHORA
XI
I
EHOLD the creatures Thou hast made,
O LORD, how frail we are and fickle,
Ephemeral as the tender blade
That falls before the eternal sickle !
CHORUS :
No shadow of turning in the LORD !
His purpose shall not change nor vary,
Splendid and stedfast as a sword
Live in the lambent heart of Mary.
II
Behold us, how we strive to good
And evil catches us and sways us,
How from child-life and maidenhood
Time creeps and springs on us and slays us !
III
But all our feebleness in Thee
Is firm, in Thee our ways are steady.
Equal for bliss or agony
Thou callest us—and we are ready.
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