Rosemary and Pansies

<h2><SPAN name="THE_SHEPHERDS_VISION" id="THE_SHEPHERDS_VISION"></SPAN>THE SHEPHERDS’ VISION</h2> <div class="poetry"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Upon the dim Judean hills,<br/></span> <span class="i2">The shepherds watched their flock by night,<br/></span> <span class="i0">When on their unexpectant gaze<br/></span> <span class="i2">Outshone that vision of delight,<br/></span> <span class="i0">The fairest that did ever rise<br/></span> <span class="i0">To awe and gladden earthly eyes.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">From no far realm those shepherds came,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Treading the pilgrim’s weary road;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Not theirs the vigil and the fast<br/></span> <span class="i2">Within the hermit’s mean abode;<br/></span> <span class="i0">’Twas at their usual task they stood,<br/></span> <span class="i0">When dawned that light of matchless good.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Not only to the sage and seer<br/></span> <span class="i2">Life’s revelation comes in grace;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Most often on the toiler true,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Who, working steadfast in his place,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Looks for the coming of God’s will,<br/></span> <span class="i0">The glorious vision shineth still.<br/></span> <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_12" id="page_12">{12}</SPAN></span></div> </div></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />