Thursday, January 19, 2017

To the Nurse

Beautiful hands are those that weave
Bright threads of joy in the lives that grieve.
Beautiful feet are those that run,
On errands of mercy from sun to sun.

Beautiful lips are those that speak
To comfort the mourner & hearten the weak.
Beautiful eyes are those that glow
With the light of a spirit pure as snow.

Beautiful faces are those that seem
With the very love of God to beam.
Beautiful forms are those that grace
With gentle service the lowliest place.

Beautiful lives are those that bear,
For other lives their burden of care.
Beautiful souls are those that show
The spirit of Christ where’er they go.




Note: Clare made a handwritten copy of this poem of unknown provenance and pasted it into her book. It seems likely that she was a nursing student by this time.

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