My Wish For You
A dear friend gave me a book mark with this poem on it. I had never seen it before, and I found myself greatly moved. I hope you like it, too.
This is My Wish for You
That the spirit of beauty
may continually hover about you
and fold you close within
the tenderness of her wings.
That each beautiful
and gracious thing in life
May be unto you as a symbol
of good for your soul’s delight.
That sun-glories
and star-glories,
Leaf-glories and bark-glories,
Flower-glories
and glories that lurk
in the grasses of the field . . . .
Glories of mountains and oceans,
of little streams of running waters
Glories of song
of poesy,
of all the arts. . .
May be to you as sweet
abiding influences
That will illumine your life
and make you glad.
That your soul may be
as an alabaster cup
Filled to overflowing
With the mystical wine
of beauty and love.
That happiness may
put her arms around you,
And wisdom make
your soul serene.
This is my wish for you.
By Charles Livingston Snell (1914)
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Happy new year ;p
That happiness may
put her arms around you,
And wisdom make
your soul serene.
I love that part,
a delightful read : ) happy new year :*
Wishing you an exciting and thrilling New year 2008(and for the years to come!) 😀
Happy new year :*
beautiful! Have a great new year full of love and happiness!
I think you would love my serene wise friend, Blue Dress.
Glad you liked it, Vixenfatale!
And to you, Joel!
Happy New Year, Chicki!
We all wish you the same, Amu.
That sun-glories
and star-glories,
Leaf-glories and bark-glories,
Flower-glories
and glories that lurk
in the grasses of the field . . . .
Glories of mountains and oceans,
of little streams of running waters
Glories of song
of poesy,
of all the arts. . .
I Liked this part .. it`s so nice ..
I got touched by the pome .. very worm wishes 🙂
Thank you, Al5eyla, and don’t you think we could add desert-glories, and Gulf-fishing glories? 🙂
Happy New Year 😀
Happy New Year, Kinan, and I am happy to see you!