Tuesday, March 27, 2018

The Staretz (a Russia series, 64) - poem

Lawrence Hall
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The Staretz

For Fr. Raphael

In middle life the sunflower bends its head,
No longer to the sun as in its youth,
But to the earth in all humility,
Ripening for us all its dreams and works,
And aging happily to eternal dawn.

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