February 2
As unto the Lord
Companions of the Way (Morning)A HOUSE of holy service and of peace Was this they dwelt in; living in one bond Of purity, and brotherhood of love; Speaking but little, praying, praising God With joyful service of the hearts and hands. All hardly worked and hardly fared alike: But unto me, the lowest in the house, Most dull and ignorant, there fell by right The lowest tasks; and I most truly found The life a hard one, strictly ruled and lined, And having little change or pleasantness. —To fetch and carry, and to sweep and scour; To hew wood, and draw water;—but in heaven! For now I grew to look on heaven itself As of a kingdom round about ourselves; And felt the very sadness and restraint Part of the higher and more heavenly life.
HARRIET ELEANOR HAMILTON KING