Invocation
by Joseph Mary Plunkett (1887-1916)
Sing all ye mouths of music,
sing her praise
All stars and birds and flowers,
all lovely things
Living in Earth and Heaven,
Eyes and Wings
Of Cherubim and Seraphim that
raise
Vision and Love Eternal; all
her ways
Fill with your music, let no
wind that sings
Of sorrow wither Joy's young
blossomings;
Prepare her paths against the
fateful days
When she shall need flower-lamps
before her feet
And herald-birds and all the
stars to hold
Her heart upon the difficult
laughter-sweet
Blood-salt and sorrow-bitter
ways of gold
That she must tread, until her
heart unfold
Its quivering pinions for the
Paraclete. |