In the Monastery
1885-1958
Cold is the wind to-night, and rough the sea,
Too rough for even the daring Dane to find
A landing-place upon the frozen lea.
Cold is the wind.
The blast sweeps round the chapel from behind,
Making the altar-light flare fitfully,
While I must kneel and pray with troubled mind.
Patrick and Brigid, I have prayed to ye!
The night is over, and my task resigned
To Colum. Though God's own dwelling shelter me,
Cold is the wind.
DayPoems Poem No. 1487
<a href="http://www.daypoems.net/poems/1487.html">In the Monastery by Norreys Jephson O'Conor</a>
The DayPoems Poetry Collection, www.daypoems.net
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