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Winter Solstice – The Year’s Compline
The winter solstice is the year withdrawing
From all the busy-ness of being-ness,
And life in all its transfigurations
Seems lost beyond this cold, mist-haunted world
Time almost stops. Low-orbiting, the sun
Drifts dimly, drably through Orion’s realm
Morning becomes deep dusk; there is no noon
Four candles are the guardians of failing light
Until that Night when they too disappear
Beneath a Star, before a greater Light
Dec 20, 2016
Dec 20, 2016 at 8:33 PM UTC
Lawrence Hall
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From Vespers to Compline this October Night
How peaceful it is to sit outside
In the cooling dusk as the stars appear
In the healing dusk as the busy-ness fades
Through unspoken Paters and Aves
How peaceful it is to sit outside
In the Vespers night of crickets’ hymns
In the Compline night of one last prayer
Whispered up to God through the dome of Heaven
How peaceful it is to sit outside
And be still
Oct 9, 2021
Oct 9, 2021 at 7:19 AM UTC