Possibly that Jesu chap was right and it is a fact
That, whatever our plight,
Simply to know there is a power for good
Brings that power into play,
And further when by proof is understood
All our cares and fears are put to flight.
Then truly it is a joyous thing
To hear the bells and voices ring
With glad news, and to friends to say,
"May that power wonderful enfold you all today,
Cheer and uphold you in every way."
Keep the bells ringing, and the streamers flying for fun.
Today is a world ending, and a world begun.
The star of new birth is ascending high,
To yesteryear's cares and sorrows a fateful goodbye -
The friendly goodbye and wave of the hand,
A laugh at the tears and follies sucked in the sand.
The rosebud of halcyon meaning sways bravely on its stem,
In earnest of fair faring more precious than worldly diadem.
Even now, the dreams and themes of to be on horizon play:
Like morn blush and evening glow they too will pass away,
But they'll leave in the heart a remembrance and song,
Like chords in a sacrament to which Earth-kind all belong -
The stricken, the blest, the whole pilgrim throng.
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