Lawrence Hall, HSG
Such Men Will Someday Live in Palaces
Cf. Saint Matthew 11
I am only a visitor here,
unqualified to speak
Of the incessant sufferings
of men of God
Who may not go beyond the
compassing wire
To see a reed shaken with the
wind
For they sometimes are wind-struck
reeds themselves
Planted for a time in this
desert of penance
But they are men, and do not easily
shake -
When the bitter wind blows
they stand up straight
They do not raise their fists
against the wind
But rather their hearts in manly
strength and faith
Such men will someday live in palaces
