. God's troubadour; the story of St. Francis of Assisi . LU <J3 O LUQ or< 5 LUO < z1- < Z I- < to LU00 LU I. THE NEW YORKBLIC LIBRARY A TQR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS. C >- LADY POVERTY Will bid thee swiftly turn againWhere I wait yet To know how pass my ladys days,To learn of all her words and ways. The nightingales were not yet come fromthe South, but the sparrows made merrierthan ever in the bright broom, and a wood-dove, hidden in an oak tree, was calling tohis mate; and Francis sang again, the songthat he had loved best in the days when hedreamed of fighting splendid
. God's troubadour; the story of St. Francis of Assisi . LU <J3 O LUQ or< 5 LUO < z1- < Z I- < to LU00 LU I. THE NEW YORKBLIC LIBRARY A TQR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS. C >- LADY POVERTY Will bid thee swiftly turn againWhere I wait yet To know how pass my ladys days,To learn of all her words and ways. The nightingales were not yet come fromthe South, but the sparrows made merrierthan ever in the bright broom, and a wood-dove, hidden in an oak tree, was calling tohis mate; and Francis sang again, the songthat he had loved best in the days when hedreamed of fighting splendid battles for thesake of a golden-haired princess: Great lady, who art fairest Men say, of all things fair,The noble name thou bearest None may so fitly bear;Clear fountain of all beauty That gladdens the green earth,Thy deeds of love and duty Are more than blood and birth. Even as he sang, he thought: The Ladywhom I shall serve has no other suitor, no [77] GODS TROUBADOUR poet has ever sung her praises, and noknight has ever fought her battles; for Iwill be the faithful lover of the LadyPoverty, whom all men else despi
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