Classic Poem

1. He hides within the lily A strong and tender care, That
2. We linger at the vigil With him who bent the knee To
wins the earth-born atoms To glory of the air; He
watch the old-time lilies In distant Galilee; And
weaves the shining garments Unceasingly and still, A-
still the worship deepens And quickens into new, As
long the quiet waters, In niches of the hill.
brightening down the ages God's secret thrilleth through.

3. O Toiler of the lily,
Thy touch is in the man!
No leaf that dawns to petal
But hints the angel-plan.
The flower-horizons open,
The blossom vaster shows;
We hear thy wide worlds echo,
‘See how the lily grows!’

4. Shy yearnings of the savage,
Unfolding thought by thought,
To holy lives are lifted,
To visions fair are wrought.
The races rise and cluster,
And evils fade and fall,
Till chaos blooms to beauty,
Thy purpose crowning all!