- The Heavenly Country
There was once a foaming sea
Facing near eternity.
On it, a woman and child
With hair blowing in the wild,
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- The Heavenly Message
The moon is not as far as we are told;
The universe is not so very old.
The stars are not suns; – to earth shall they fall.
Those shining, daily circling spheres are small,
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- Holy Sonnet Of Christ In Me
I have eternal life in my spirit,
And temptation cannot overcome me.
The Father, Son and Spirit within it,
Are my life, and death I shall never see.
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- The Dawning
Water lilies float down a silent stream;
The watching swamphens and bank willows dream,
At the passing of a fragrant blessing,
Brought to them by a soft wind caressing.
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- Holy Sonnet Of The Reason For The Atonement
Love is tender emotion and fiery;
Who needed an offering for his heart.
Seeing sin made God like the raging sea,
That must shipwreck sin and break it apart.
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