Refuge

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <h3><SPAN name='p6' id='p6'>REFUGE</SPAN></h3> <div class='stanza'> <p>Where swallows and wheatfields are,</p> <p class='in1em'>O hamlet brown and still,</p> <p>O river that shineth far,</p> <p class='in1em'>By meadow, pier, and mill:</p> </div> <div class='stanza'> <p>O endless sunsteeped plain,</p> <p class='in1em'>With forests in dim blue shrouds,</p> <p>And little wisps of rain,</p> <p class='in1em'>Falling from far-off clouds:</p> </div> <div class='stanza'> <p>I come from the choking air</p> <p class='in1em'>Of passion, doubt, and strife,</p> <p>With a spirit and mind laid bare</p> <p class='in1em'>To your healing breadth of life:</p> </div> <div class='stanza'> <p>O fruitful and sacred ground,</p> <p class='in1em'>O sunlight and summer sky,</p> <p>Absorb me and fold me round,</p> <p class='in1em'>For broken and tired am I.</p> </div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />