• The blessed damozel leaned out
           From the gold bar of Heaven;
    Her eyes were deeper than the depth
           Of waters stilled at even;
    She had three lilies in her hand,
           And the stars in her hair were seven.
    Her robe, ungirt from clasp to hem,
           No wrought flowers did adorn,
    But a white rose of Mary's gift,...

  • Oh, deem not they are blest alone
      Whose lives a peaceful tenor keep;
    The Power who pities man, has shown
      A blessing for the eyes that weep.

    The light of smiles shall fill again
      The lids that overflow with tears;
    And weary hours of woe and pain
      Are promises of happier years.

    There is a day of sunny rest
      For...

  • The blessed damozel leaned out

           From the gold bar of Heaven;

    Her eyes were deeper than the depth

           Of waters stilled at even;

    She had three lilies in her hand,

           And the stars in her hair were seven.


    Her robe, ungirt from clasp to...