June 24
Companions of the Way (Evening)This is the day which the Lord hath made, we will rejoice and be glad in it.
THERE be days
When some are known to feel "God is about," As if that morn more than another morn Virtue flowed forth from Him, the rolling world Swam in a soothed calm made resonant And vital, . . . until she slept and had a dream (Because it was too much to bear awake) That all the air shook with the might of Him, And whispered how she was the favourite world That day, and bade her drink His essence in. 'Tis on such days that seers prophesy And poets sing, and many who are wise Find out for man's well-being hidden things, Whereof the hint came in that Presence known Yet unknown.
JEAN INGELOW
VOICES AND THE VOICE