O greening branch
O greening branch!
You stand in your nobility
Like the rising dawn.
Rejoice now and exult
And deign to free the fools we are.
From our long slavery to evil
And hold out your hand
To raise us up.
NEXT Poem
- Hildegard of Bingen
From: Teachings of the Christian Mystics.
Edited by: Andrew Harvey and Eryk Hanut
Links
- Christian Mystics
- Spiritual Poets
