Poem November 29, 1941 Issue

"While he blessed"

FANNY DE GROOT HASTINGS

"And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven."—Luke 24:51.

While he blessed them where they stood—
Peter, Thomas, all but one—
Such a father-motherhood,
Such a boundless benison,

Rested on each head and heart,
Doubts, betrayals fell away,
Each disciple had a part
In that bright ascension day.

Seeing them as they had been
Always, perfect, these eleven,
Loving, too, the one unseen,
He was carried into heaven.

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