We shade our eyes, as when we face the Sun
On level with the earth, at lives all love—
The Church Triumphant, as in Heaven above!
Aye, lives all love for Christ, in every one
Who suffers wrong, or any pain thereof,
As on His Throne—such lives as thine, dear Nun.
WINIFRED HOLT, THE LIFESAVER OF THE BLIND
Once, blindness was a burning ship at sea,