The chastisements of Mind are merciful,
Regenerative, kind—like tender hands
Stretched forth to save and heal. The changeable,
Incontinent desires of sin-ruled lands,
All wrapped in winter dreams of loneliness,
Shall melt away beneath the purging rays
Of Love's warm light. To fields of gentleness
And joy, the lamb-lost heart shall come to graze.
Dear Father, in the springtide of Thy law
Man stands this hour, immaculate and free.
No scarlet sin defiles his thought, no flaw
Of character distorts his purity.
Where justice, wisdom, and compassion blend,
Salvation claims each heart, and sorrows end.
Poems
Winter's End
Isaiah 1:18
From the March 1957 issue of The Christian Science Journal
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