just the same

I have a little book of Christmas poems which I'm just about the put away for next time, but tonight I read this line which I have to share:

An angel stood with her

Who said, "That which doth stir

like summer in thy side

Shall save the world from sin."

That which doth stir like summer in thy side - how poetic that is! I am all amazement on rare occasions when I read something like this, a simile that surely no one else could ever think of.

A Lullaby 

Lullee, lullay,

I could not love thee more

If thou wast Christ the King.

Now tell me, how did Mary know

That in her womb should sleep and grow

The Lord of everything?

Lullee, lullay,

An angel stood with her

Who said, "That which doth stir

Like summer in thy side

Shall save the world from sin.

Then stable, hall and inn

Shall cherish Christmas-tide."

Lullee, lullay,

And so it was that Day.

And did she love him more

Because an angel came

To prophesy His name?

Ah no, not so,

She could not love him more,

But loved him just the same.

Lullee, lullee, lullay.

-  Janet Lewis