This is my wish for you… - Charles Snell

[Larry Robinson]

This is my wish for you…

That the spirit of beauty
May continually hover about you
And fold you close within
The tenderness’s of her wings.

That each beautiful and gracious
Thing in life
May be unto you as a symbol
Of good
For your soul’s delight.

That sun-glories and star-glories
Leaf-glories and bark-glories
Flower-glories
And glories that lurk
In the grasses of the field
Glories of mountains
And oceans
Of little streams of running waters

Glories of song
Of poetry
Of all the arts

May be to you as sweet, abiding influences
That will illumine your life
And make you glad.

That your soul may be
As an alabaster cup,
Filled to overflowing
With the mystical wine
Of beauty and love.

That happiness may put her arms around you,
And wisdom make your soul serene

This is my wish for you.

	- Charles Snell