This is a prayer hymn that was written for, and is often still sung at Christian wedding ceremonies. Dorothy F. Gurney wrote the lyrics in 1883 for her sister’s wedding. In 1889 Joseph Barnby composed the melody most commonly heard today.
I hope you enjoy this beautiful hymn played on Oriole (soprano) recorder and lyre! Apologies for the sneezes in the background! You know what they say: “In sickness and in health…”
Phases of the Moon. Once upon a time I heardThat the flying moon was a Phoenix bird;Thus she sails through windy skies,Thus in the willow’s arms she …
Phases of the Moon
Light, the Source of all created,
Substance of our fate and fortune.
Grab a lantern; bring a torch in!
We may know, yet still debate it.
Light! The One for whom we’ve waited–
Not “out there,” but deep inside us:
Spark that Providence provided.
Where is yours? O let it shimmer!
Vanquish darkness with a glimmer!
Light! The One we all reside in!
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Written for
Ronovan Writes Décima Poetry Challenge Prompt No. 48: (FORTUNE) in the B rhyme line.
We pray for change to come… and fast!
We wait and wait for pain to pass.
We try and try until, at last,
We rest, resigned, to what we have.
Then, swiftly changes break like Spring!
Now, what to do with these new things?!
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A Quadrille in response to Sarah’s prompt at
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here is a traditional Irish song. Though I am not singing the lyrics today, I hope you enjoy the melody on Oriole recorder, alto recorder, and lyre!
Go Swiftly Go swiftly that I might mourn sooner Leave me quickly so I will be free from your discontent You belong here no longer I wish you well in …
Go Swiftly – A Quadrille
Wonder dangles by a thread– cleansing rain on daffodil swift gusts of fancy wild and still moments in my silent head
Mindful Monday: Momentary Air
Is Nature a fool?
No! With a head for business,
She works for the Good!
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Written for Ronovan’s Haiku challenge of fool and head at:
Thus Woman’s principal task also here on earth, in the World of Matter, is to ennoble her environment! Coming as she does from above, holding herself…
International Women’s Day . . . A deep reflection.
If you won’t listen,
Then why even ask questions?
To hear yourself talk?
Mystical Strings 
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