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Poems

Resurgence

From the June 1947 issue of The Christian Science Journal


With grace and buoyancy he trod the wave,
And then he said to you and me,
"The works that I do, you shall also do,
And greater."

O Master, may I heed this lesson!
The message and example are so clear,
The law unchanged, supporting still
The greater works remaining to be done.

To him no law of nature said: Thus far;
This is the land, and this the water.
When called to do his Father's work,
No human element could interfere.
He gave no weight to what the body said;
No heaviness of thought was ever his.
How could he sink?

When I will put aside these weights,
Discard encumbering theories
Of time and space and flesh,
With grace and buoyancy I too shall walk
In Spirit's certainty of real substance.
The stormy waves that threaten to engulf
Will find no answering fear;
Resurgent with exalted purpose
I shall grasp the outstretched hand of Christ
And walk enraptured.

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