Monday, September 23, 2019

LEGEND OF WINTER SPRING



LEGEND OF WINTER SPRING

King Winter held his icey sway
o’er barren ground and leafless tree
when once Our Lady on a day
walked swiftly through a snowy lea.

The Christ Child in her arms was chilled
He shivered as the winds blew strong,
till Mary’s heart with pity filled;
she longed for Summer’s warmth and song.

Beneath a tree she paused to rest.
its ugly twigs were black and bare.
She held Him close, the Virgin blessed,
the while she breathed a silent prayer:

“Oh winter wind, blow not so cold;
 Oh snowy plain, chill not my Son.
Pale sun, send down your rays of gold
to warm my Babe, the Holy One.”

Oh wondrous change, Oh magic thing!
The snow recedes beneath her feet;
within the tree gay robins sing
amid the clustered blossoms sweet!

As flowers bloom and butterflies
in this charmed space flit through the air
the Christ Child views with glad surprise
the winter spring of Mary’s prayer.

Sister Maryanna OP
Mary Immaculate.  1946

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