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"The Life to Come", by Edward Shillito

Nov. 28th, 2016 at 3:50 PM
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The Life to Come

There is a City where God's happy children
Shall tread forever burnished floors, they say,
But I shall beg to walk in Oxford meadows
Where dance the golden flowers of May.

I cannot dream of walls upbuilt of jasper,
Nor can the gates of pearl the heart suffice:
Who once beholds the rainbows in a dewdrop
Has seen a pearl of greater price.

And when the harpers in that land are making
Strange melodies on earth unheard before,
If I might only hear once more Beethoven,
Then I should ask of God no more.

(Edward Shillito)
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[identity profile] lindahoyland.livejournal.com
Nov. 29th, 2016 12:31 am (UTC)
Love this poem and agree with it.
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Nov. 29th, 2016 11:24 am (UTC)
:)
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