Unclouded, brown,
Are lighted with their greeting smile—
The Hand awaited through the gloom
Is seen!—her whitened forehead lies
Upon the Shepherd’s shoulder down—
Yea,—her own Jesus comes,—to lead
Unto the meadows where is Peace indeed!
EGIDIO OF COIMBRA—1597 A.D.
By Thomas Walsh
The rumor came to Frei Egidio