The rosary of memories piercing-tender,
The travail and the triumph that are yours.
The agony and the glory of creation
You have partaken; in that steep way you trod
You have made yourselves part of the world’s salvation,
You have shared the passion and the joy of God.
With splendor of sunrise and the surging morn,
Out of your pain shall Man be newly born.
A REPRISAL
At the deep midnight hour