Lament

"O silence and sweet Solitude I seek thee here, It's here I kneel and pray, It's here I learn to say, "Not mine, O Lord the way Grant me Thy peace." O love and sweet Charity I seek thee here. To God I..."

"Bell and candle, Monk and Book All within some cloistered nook. Music stealing Voices sweet Sound of slowly moving feet. Holy quiet In the air Pleading voices whisper prayer. Red bricked churches Ha..."

"Rest now, O' tired one, That has so lately borne The pain of fruitless birth, Nor let your heart be torn With vain regrets and tears. You shall not kneel and keep Lone vigil through the night By suffe..."

"No time to sit and weep No time to cry For I have work to do. What though the wound goes deep, No time to sit and weep.Sorrow will have to sleep While I have work to do. The tears that blind my eyes ..."

"Marching on thro' deathless ages Prophets, Teachers, Fools, and Sages Men who lost thier lives in glory Writing on thier death-bed gory Page on page of heros story. These are they who go before us. Th..."