Of the Boy and the Butterfly by John Bunyan Behold, how eager this our little boy Is for a butterfly, as if all joy, All profits, honours, yea, and lasting pleasures, Were wrapped up in her, or the richest treasures Found in her would be bundled up together, When all her all is lighter than [...]
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Painted Nothings
Posted in Poetry, tagged Poetry on August 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Cherishing the Cross
Posted in Gospel, Poetry, tagged Cross, Prayer on March 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Need of Jesus (from the Valley of Vision collection of prayers) Lord Jesus, I am blind, be thou my light, ignorant, be thou my wisdom, self-willed, be thou my mind. Open my ear to grasp quickly thy Spirit’s voice, and delightfully run after his beckoning hand; Melt my conscience that no hardness remain, make it [...]
The Hound of Heaven
Posted in Poetry, tagged Poetry on January 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Hound of Heaven by Francis Thompson (1859-1907) I fled Him, down the nights and down the days; I fled Him, down the arches of the years; I fled Him, down the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind; and in the mist of tears I hid from Him, and under running laughter. Up vistaed hopes [...]
Peace by George Herbert
Posted in Poetry, tagged Poetry on December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
PEACE. SWEET PEACE, where dost thou dwell ? I humbly crave, Let me once know. I sought thee in a secret cave, And ask’d, if Peace were there. A hollow winde did seem to answer, No : Go seek elsewhere. I did ; and going did a rainbow note : Surely, thought I, This is [...]
