PROPHECY OF SIMEON

         PROPHECY OF SIMEON

Portent enough of cruel intent

lay open in Isaias,

surely the Queen of Prophets read aright.

But Bethlehem and baby hands

lulled fears of pain to be,

and Mary shared His sleep of smiling peace.

O brief repose!  How soon

old Simeon’s rough hand

swept through her web of dreams,

aroused her to words italicized by fire.

First Dolour[1]

Sister M Julian RSM

 In: The Refuge of Beauty.  1954

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[1] First Dolour: the prophecy of Simeon.