There are poems which I can read easily, understand, comprehend, are pleasant to the eye and, at the same time, leave me challenged, motivated, inspired as well as being an enjoyable read. There are others which, with the best will in the world, leave me feeling cold, uninspired and if you have to spend 10 minutes or more explaining the contents to me! WELL ….enough said
So I was delighted that today’s reading in the Celtic Daily Prayer book is a poem by Edward Douglas Sedding (1884-1972)
O ye larks that carol in the heavens,
O ye blackbirds that pipe at the dawning,
O ye pipits and wheatears,
O ye warblers and wrens that make
the glens joyful with song,
O ye bees that love the heather,
bless ye the Lord.
O ye primroses and bluebells,
O ye flowerets that gem the marsh with colour
O ye golden flags that deck Columba’s
Bay with glory, bless ye the Lord.
O ye piled rocks fashioned by Nature’s
might thro’ myriad ages,
O ye majestic Bens of Mull,
O ye white sands and emerald shallows
O ye blue and purple deeps of oceans,
O ye winds and clouds, bless ye the Lord.
O all ye works of the Lord, bless ye the
Lord, praise Him and magnify him
for ever.
what's your favourite poem?