This Same Wind Still Shakes The Barley

(above, William Burns' words to is son, Robin,. Below, William Burns death)

(The Book The Wind That Shakes The Barley is fiction based on historical fact, described below...)

no matter how many centuries pass, this same wind still shakes the barley...

Unchangeable in changing times

What peace our fears console

At the mercy of Love’s Sublime

Time’s numbered ages roll

…and though man’s unbelief may boast

And toast confusion’s pride

They cannot sway Love’s Uttermost

His faithful Stay abides

Be careful then and prayerful too

For this life that we have

Time is no feckless ballyhoo

Though stoppered at the grave

For all we cannot see, then trust

In He who knows The Whole

The eulogy of ‘dust to dust’

Is not spoke of the soul

…but when Death leads us through earth’s sod

Then we will see in full

The faithful promises of God

That Time could not annul

© Janet Martin