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That I Have Knelt in Temples

That I have knelt in temples

of winter stars and daffodils;

that I have danced through summer gardens

and lingered there;

that I have seen eternity

in a flash of autumn gold;

that I have become

a listener of leaves, an adorer of dawn,

a lover of hidden music—

that I have chosen all-of-this to fill the edgeless hour,

leaves not a syllable of distance

between myself and God.

—Heather K. O’Hara

from The Path of Songs

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