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Sigurd's Meditations In The Church-Porch

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Title:     Sigurd's Meditations In The Church-Porch
Author: Katharine Lee Bates [More Titles by Bates]

The gaze of a dog is blind
To splendors of summit and sky,
Ocean and isle,
But never a painter shall find
The beautiful more than I
In my lady's smile.

The thought of a dog is dim.
Not even a wag he deigns
To the wisest book.
Philosophy dwells for him
In loving the law that reigns
In voice, in look.

The heart of a dog is meek.
He places his utter trust
In a mortal grace,
Contented his God to seek
In a creature framed of dust
With a dreaming face.

The human is our divine.
In the porch of the church, I pray
For a rustling dress,
For those dear, swift steps of thine,
Whose path is my perfect way
Of holiness.


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Katharine Lee Bates's poem: Sigurd's Meditations In The Church-Porch

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