A new day dawns
Imprint upon
The diary
Of summer’s page
We love and learn
Its no return
Preserved within
Past’s ageless age
The plaintive plea
Of memory
Consoles and torments
Wave on wave
Sweet is the hour
‘Neath summer’s bower
Before the winter
And the grave
The flower’s mirth
Returns to earth
Such is the way
Of grass and men
We till its soil
Of troubled toil
Before we join
Its ranks again
Tempest and calm
Flow from the Palm
Of Providence
Darlings of grace
A new day dawns
Urging us on
In one day nearer
To God’s face
© Janet Martin
Very beautiful and melodic. Lovely.
ReplyDeleteI loved playing the video while reading the poem.
ReplyDeleteVery nice.
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Thank-you Sherry and Sue! And Sue, who doesn't love a sea-song? Thank-you for your words of appreciation;)
ReplyDeleteI saw the link to your posting on FB and put it on my timeline.
ReplyDeleteRefreshing video...loved hearing the waves.
Love the line: one day nearer to God's face. Yes!
It's the best sound, I think. sometimes I'll turn t on in the winter when the winds are howling. The link is on FB?! cool:)
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