OF THE TRUE MARRIAGE
Unto His servant on a day
The Lord revealed His hidden way.
The Lord revealed His hidden way.
He said: "Within this city great,
Where sin still slays the Lamb of God,
What dost thou think I contemplate
For comfort when I look abroad?"
His servant answered: "Yonder church
Crowded at Mass-time to the porch."
Where sin still slays the Lamb of God,
What dost thou think I contemplate
For comfort when I look abroad?"
His servant answered: "Yonder church
Crowded at Mass-time to the porch."
The Lord replied: "Not so"; and then,
His servant guessed to make Him glad
The priest where he sat shriving men;
The wounded healed; the orphan clad;
The widow's tears wiped off; the poor
Fed from another's little store.
His servant guessed to make Him glad
The priest where he sat shriving men;
The wounded healed; the orphan clad;
The widow's tears wiped off; the poor
Fed from another's little store.
And then he guessed the saint who died
Last night; Fra Leo, vigil-pale,
Painting the wings of Heaven; Christ's bride
New-wed, beneath her shadowy veil;
The gray cross in the market-place
With children playing at its base.
Last night; Fra Leo, vigil-pale,
Painting the wings of Heaven; Christ's bride
New-wed, beneath her shadowy veil;
The gray cross in the market-place
With children playing at its base.
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