Thursday 25 November 2010

The Thursday Poem


Young Woman Reading by a Window by Delphin Enjolras


Simple Gifts

'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free,
'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be,
And when we find ourselves in the place just right,
'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.
When true simplicity is gain'd,
To bow and to bend we shan't be asham'd,
To turn, turn will be our delight,
Till by turning, turning we come round right.

Elder Joseph Brackett Jr
(6th May 1797 – 4th July 1882)

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