Neil's Poesy

Give us men with good hearts, Born, our women nobly given! Souls who are the Divine's chosen And can bear the world's hurtful smarts-- Give us such, give us such as the spirit's kingdom People, God never departs from! Which will long for, which will long for, always longs for Forward in light's... Sign in to see full entry.

It is the land up north We by Norway mothered, Who has called us together to feast and to pray. It is to be Norman From a century span, and foaming as we thrash upon the North Sea's display. It is a tale-filled din, To spring whistle and sing In from Eidsvold and echo from faithful trust's oath; It... Sign in to see full entry.

I ask if you dare to stand for what is the truth, When all opposed you and no one is with you, When life's deceits herein burn brazenly forsooth You warn, scarcely do you know but one way through-- I ask if you dare back the meaning you cited, One right and one truth, in the fool ears united-- I ask... Sign in to see full entry.

You must often in cold and shadowy lines go, Leading the way down against the ledge: There is often cloudy gray but always with glow, The sun shines into the day at edge. Lift your glance and your forehead and look round about! There shines the sun on the highest top. Are you unbelieving and dull... Sign in to see full entry.

I must have God, so must life be fortunate, Light and truth in my heart so to obtain; I must have God, filling the soul's court ornate, Heaven itself in blue celestial plain. I must have God, this is my breath's strong insight, Lifts me above the world's evil increase; I must have God, love and... Sign in to see full entry.

It soothed me so in heavy moments With its rich, beautiful, sublime tones: It calmed the soul's wounds with wonderments And lifted it toward the light's zones. § § § Its deep tone ho wl left me joy-braided A wreath of life's hope and not of dread; Behind all gathered I was lightened, And the way was... Sign in to see full entry.

See you God in sun, as over high alpine air, See you him in the star legion's soft flambeau, See you him in woods and pond, in mount and cloister,-- Buoyant then you live in your father's abode. ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ See you God in all, what's grand and lovely comes here: See you him in pale harvest and spring... Sign in to see full entry.

In all my burden, I am kept By a thousand bolted doors-- I met voices, there sounded, stepped As bells tolling across the moors. ¤ ¤ ¤ They came so strong from east and west From north, from south and all abreast; They came as birds in sun and fest And wings so lightly through forest.-- ¤ ¤ ¤ But... Sign in to see full entry.

Two souls, kindled to the same sight Two wills, turned the same way Two sounds in the same fight We: you and I, I say ¤ ¤ ¤ I saw your heart's highest blessed pyre There burnt behind conflagration And counseled you thoughtful aspire To purification ¤ ¤ ¤ With thanks to take a word humbly With voice... Sign in to see full entry.

Let's fire up the time machine and go back in time. I'll make amends to you when we go back in time. (chorus) ¤ ¤ ¤ For I was too blind to see Your devoted love for me. I did not come in support of you. Fool was I to assume the worst, too. ¤ ¤ ¤ CHORUS ¤ ¤ ¤ To console with you, that would be love,... Sign in to see full entry.